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Cardiac tamponade

MedGen UID:
40108
•Concept ID:
C0007177
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cardiac Tamponade; Cardiac Tamponades; Pericardial Tamponade; Pericardial Tamponades; Tamponade, Cardiac; Tamponade, Pericardial; Tamponades, Cardiac; Tamponades, Pericardial
SNOMED CT: Cardiac tamponade (35304003); Pericardial tamponade (35304003)
 
HPO: HP:0033415
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001297

Definition

The accumulation of pericardial fluid with subsequent compression of all cardiac chambers which prevents cardiac filling. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCardiac tamponade

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Cardiac Tumors: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management.
Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250
Management of pericardial effusion.
Imazio M, Adler Y
Eur Heart J 2013 Apr;34(16):1186-97. Epub 2012 Nov 2 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs372. PMID: 23125278

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Chiabrando JG, Bonaventura A, Vecchié A, Wohlford GF, Mauro AG, Jordan JH, Grizzard JD, Montecucco F, Berrocal DH, Brucato A, Imazio M, Abbate A
J Am Coll Cardiol 2020 Jan 7;75(1):76-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.11.021. PMID: 31918837
Acute and recurrent pericarditis.
Paleček T
Vnitr Lek 2019 Winter;65(10):624-629. PMID: 31906683
Identification and Management of Acute Cardiac Tamponade.
York NL, Kane C, Smith CS
Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2018 May/Jun;37(3):130-134. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000295. PMID: 29596289
Pericardial Effusions: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management.
Vakamudi S, Ho N, Cremer PC
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2017 Jan-Feb;59(4):380-388. Epub 2017 Jan 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2016.12.009. PMID: 28062268
Management of pericardial effusion.
Imazio M, Adler Y
Eur Heart J 2013 Apr;34(16):1186-97. Epub 2012 Nov 2 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs372. PMID: 23125278

Diagnosis

Cardiac tamponade.
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023 Jul 20;9(1):37. doi: 10.1038/s41572-023-00453-2. PMID: 37474606
Tamponade: Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Diagnosis.
Kearns MJ, Walley KR
Chest 2018 May;153(5):1266-1275. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.003. PMID: 29137910
Cardiac Tamponade.
Appleton C, Gillam L, Koulogiannis K
Cardiol Clin 2017 Nov;35(4):525-537. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.07.006. PMID: 29025544
Cardiac tamponade.
Bodson L, Bouferrache K, Vieillard-Baron A
Curr Opin Crit Care 2011 Oct;17(5):416-24. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3283491f27. PMID: 21716107
Acute cardiac tamponade.
Spodick DH
N Engl J Med 2003 Aug 14;349(7):684-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra022643. PMID: 12917306

Therapy

Difficult echocardiogram after pericardiocentesis.
Mapelli M, Balata F, Lucci C
Heart 2023 Nov 27;109(24):1826-1872. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323338. PMID: 38011935
Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Pathophysiology and New Approaches to Treatment.
Hoit BD
Curr Cardiol Rep 2023 Sep;25(9):1003-1014. Epub 2023 Jul 29 doi: 10.1007/s11886-023-01920-8. PMID: 37515704
Malignant cardiac tamponade: safety and efficacy of intrapericardial bleomycin instillation.
Defruyt L, Özpak E, Gevaert S, De Buyzere M, Vandecasteele E, De Pauw M, Tromp F
Acta Clin Belg 2022 Feb;77(1):51-58. Epub 2020 Jul 5 doi: 10.1080/17843286.2020.1790180. PMID: 32623970
Amoebic cardiac tamponade.
Agarwal A, Soni S, Chaudhary A, Pannu AK, Bhalla A, Suri V, Kumari S
QJM 2019 Sep 1;112(9):709-710. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz062. PMID: 30850847
Treatment of pericardial disease.
Azam S, Hoit BD
Cardiovasc Ther 2011 Oct;29(5):308-14. Epub 2010 Apr 9 doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00151.x. PMID: 20406240

Prognosis

Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: Analysis of Outcomes.
Liu VC, Fritz AV, Burtoft MA, Martin AK, Greason KL, Ramakrishna H
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021 Dec;35(12):3797-3805. Epub 2021 Feb 11 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.02.020. PMID: 33722460
Cardiac Tumors: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management.
Poterucha TJ, Kochav J, O'Connor DS, Rosner GF
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2019 Jun 27;20(8):66. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0662-1. PMID: 31250250
Under Pressure.
DeFilippis EM, Vaidya A, Ramani S, French C, Kirshenbaum JM
N Engl J Med 2017 Mar 30;376(13):e23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMimc1609719. PMID: 28355512
Thoracic trauma: the deadly dozen.
Yamamoto L, Schroeder C, Morley D, Beliveau C
Crit Care Nurs Q 2005 Jan-Mar;28(1):22-40. doi: 10.1097/00002727-200501000-00004. PMID: 15732422
Recurrent pericarditis.
Fowler NO
Cardiol Clin 1990 Nov;8(4):621-6. PMID: 2249216

Clinical prediction guides

Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis: Doppler Findings.
Miranda WR, Newman DB, Oh JK
Curr Cardiol Rep 2019 Nov 22;21(11):144. doi: 10.1007/s11886-019-1243-4. PMID: 31758271
Tamponade: Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Diagnosis.
Kearns MJ, Walley KR
Chest 2018 May;153(5):1266-1275. Epub 2017 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.003. PMID: 29137910
Pulsus paradoxus.
Hamzaoui O, Monnet X, Teboul JL
Eur Respir J 2013 Dec;42(6):1696-705. Epub 2012 Dec 6 doi: 10.1183/09031936.00138912. PMID: 23222878
Neoplastic pericardial effusion.
Refaat MM, Katz WE
Clin Cardiol 2011 Oct;34(10):593-8. Epub 2011 Sep 16 doi: 10.1002/clc.20936. PMID: 21928406Free PMC Article
Cardiac tamponade.
Knoop T, Willenberg K
Semin Oncol Nurs 1999 Aug;15(3):168-73. doi: 10.1016/s0749-2081(99)80004-7. PMID: 10461701

Recent systematic reviews

Procedure-Related Complications of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Benali K, Khairy P, Hammache N, Petzl A, Da Costa A, Verma A, Andrade JG, Macle L
J Am Coll Cardiol 2023 May 30;81(21):2089-2099. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.418. PMID: 37225362
Etiologies of In-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Allencherril J, Lee PYK, Khan K, Loya A, Pally A
Resuscitation 2022 Jun;175:88-95. Epub 2022 Mar 10 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.03.005. PMID: 35278525
Pericardial Involvement in Sarcoidosis.
Mahalwar G, Kumar A, Agrawal A, Bhat A, Furqan M, Yesilyaprak A, Verma BR, Chan N, Schleicher M, Neto MLR, Xu B, Jellis CL, Klein AL
Am J Cardiol 2022 May 1;170:100-104. Epub 2022 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.01.025. PMID: 35227500
Post-cardiac Surgery Chylopericardium.
Yuan SM
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2020 Jun;30(6):627-632. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.06.627. PMID: 32703349
Posterior pericardiotomy in cardiac surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh S, Mirhosseini SJ, Liakopoulos O, Sabashnikov A, Dehghan HR, Sedaghat-Hamedani F, Kayvanpour E, Ghaffari N, Vahabzadeh V, Aghabagheri M, Mozayan MR, Popov AF
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2015 Mar;23(3):354-62. Epub 2014 Jun 19 doi: 10.1177/0218492314541132. PMID: 24948784

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