ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2023
Cardiac tamponade.
Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in stanford type a aortic dissection in china: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Cardiac tamponade in people living with HIV: a systematic review of case reports and case series.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
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- Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Cardiology-Centered Approach to Diagnosis and Intervention.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Hemodynamics and extracardiac causes of cardiac tamponade: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2026Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound for emergency pericardiocentesis: a multidimensional CUSUM analysis of the learning curve.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Cardiac involvement in systemic sclerosis: mechanisms, manifestations and management.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- A preliminary study on contrast characteristics and clinical application of bedside transthoracic contrast-enhanced ultrasound in iatrogenic cardiac tamponade.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Pyogenic Pericarditis Leading to Cardiac Arrest: a Case Report Highlighting POCUS-Guided Pericardiocentesis.POCUS journal · 2026Article
- Purulent Pericarditis Caused by Polymicrobial Periodontal Pathogens (Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Cardiogenic Versus Obstructive Shock as a Consequence of Road Traffic Accidents: A Case Report on Approach.Case reports in cardiology · 2026Article
- Cardiac lead perforation: Mechanisms, detection, and therapeutic approaches.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Review
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- Cardiac Tamponade During Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair in an Infant: A Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- A gastric retentive robotic capsule enables emergency-prepared and responsive oral drug delivery in canine models.Science advances · 2025Article
- Beyond Acute Coronary Syndromes: Troponins as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tools in Heart Failure.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Recent advances in multimodality imaging-guided therapy in pericarditis.European journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- PIEZO1 mechanical insensitivity in generalized lymphatic dysplasia with the potential for pharmacological rescue.iScience · 2025Article
- Transcatheter Management of Iatrogenic Right Ventricular Perforation During Salvage Coronary Intervention: A Novel Dual-Closure Strategy.JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Risk factors and management strategies for periprocedural cardiac tamponade during percutaneous cardiac interventions: an 11-year single-center case-control study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
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8 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency caused by the progressive accumulation of pericardial fluid (effusion), blood, pus or air in the pericardium, compressing the heart chambers and leading to haemodynamic compromise, circulatory shock, cardiac arrest and death. Pericardial diseases of any aetiology as well as complications of interventional and surgical procedures or chest trauma can cause cardiac tamponade. Tamponade can be precipitated in patients with pericardial effusion by dehydration or exposure to certain medications, particularly vasodilators or intravenous diuretics. Key clinical findings in patients with cardiac tamponade are hypotension, increased jugular venous pressure and distant heart sounds (Beck triad). Dyspnoea can progress to orthopnoea (with no rales on lung auscultation) accompanied by weakness, fatigue, tachycardia and oliguria. In tamponade caused by acute pericarditis, the patient can experience fever and typical chest pain increasing on inspiration and radiating to the trapezius ridge. Generally, cardiac tamponade is a clinical diagnosis that can be confirmed using various imaging modalities, principally echocardiography. Cardiac tamponade is preferably resolved by echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis. In patients who have recently undergone cardiac surgery and in those with neoplastic infiltration, effusive-constrictive pericarditis, or loculated effusions, fluoroscopic guidance can increase the feasibility and safety of the procedure. Surgical management is indicated in patients with aortic dissection, chest trauma, bleeding or purulent infection that cannot be controlled percutaneously. After pericardiocentesis or pericardiotomy, NSAIDs and colchicine can be considered to prevent recurrence and effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
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