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Descriptor English: Cardiac Tamponade
Descriptor Spanish: Taponamiento Cardíaco
Descriptor taponamiento cardíaco
Entry term(s) compresión cardíaca
compresión pericárdica
tamponamiento pericárdico
Scope note: Compresión del corazón por acumulación de líquido (DERRAME PERICÁRDICO) o de sangre (HEMOPERICARDIO) en el PERICARDIO que rodea el corazón. Las funciones cardiacas afectadas y el GASTO CARDIACO pueden variar de un mínimo a colapso hemodinámico total.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tamponamento Cardíaco
Descriptor French: Tamponnade cardiaque
Entry term(s): Cardiac Tamponades
Pericardial Tamponade
Pericardial Tamponades
Tamponade, Cardiac
Tamponade, Pericardial
Tamponades, Cardiac
Tamponades, Pericardial
Tree number(s): C14.280.155
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002305
Scope note: Compression of the heart by accumulated fluid (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or blood (HEMOPERICARDIUM) in the PERICARDIUM surrounding the heart. The affected cardiac functions and CARDIAC OUTPUT can range from minimal to total hemodynamic collapse.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 2349
Unique ID: D002305
NLM Classification: WG 275
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Cardiac Tamponade - Preferred
Concept UI M0003456
Scope note Compression of the heart by accumulated fluid (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or blood (HEMOPERICARDIUM) in the PERICARDIUM surrounding the heart. The affected cardiac functions and CARDIAC OUTPUT can range from minimal to total hemodynamic collapse.
Preferred term Cardiac Tamponade
Entry term(s) Cardiac Tamponades
Pericardial Tamponade
Pericardial Tamponades
Tamponade, Cardiac
Tamponade, Pericardial
Tamponades, Cardiac
Tamponades, Pericardial



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