A case in which a prolonged hypothyroid state resulted in development of a pericardial effusion is presented. The compensatory mechanism for protein homeostasis is lost in severe hypothyroidism. Iodine is transported to the pericardial space, which is filled with a high-protein content fluid and remai...
Patients may have associated other tissue involvement or may present with just isolated pericardial effusion. One such case who had isolated pericardial effusion of filarial origin and presented with cardiac temponade is reported. A common theme in the approach in its management is excluding infection...
Pericardial effusions were present in 26 %, significantly more occurring after bypass surgery (37 %) than after valve replacement (15 %). In 4 out of 5 cases the effusion had no haemodynamic effect and in no instance was a repeat thoracotomy necessary. A significantly higher incidence of ...
Related to Pericardial effusion:pericarditis per·i·car·di·um (pĕr′ĭ-kär′dē-əm) n.pl.per·i·car·di·a(-dē-ə) The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels. ...
A pericardial effusion is a condition where excessive fluid accumulates in the sac around the heart (pericardium), which normally has just minimal fluid present. Infection, autoimmune diseases (like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis), kidney failure, heart attack, previous radiation therapy, trauma, and...
However, it did demonstrate a pericardial effusion that extended to the aortic arch. This case shows how pericardial effusions can simulate the appearance of an aortic dissection because of its extension to the aortic arch. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E16-E18)关键词: aortic dissection pericardial ...
12.2.5 Pericardial Effusion Children infected with HIV who have not been treated with HAART may also present with pericardial effusions. Pericardial effusions have been found to be one of the more common cardiac abnormalities present in patients infected with HIV. Incidence Pericardial effusions were ...
A case of a 37 year old man with cardiac angiosarcoma causing recurrent pericardial effusion, who eventually died of cardiac rupture, is presented. The diagnosis was not established until the postmortem examination despite echocardiography, pericardiocentesis, and pericardial biopsy investigations. There ...
Pericardial effusion is a common clinical finding now that echocardiography has become a routine tool for the study of patients with cardiac or systemic diseases. Thus, in a consecutive series (1) of 2106 patients pericardial effusion was diagnosed in 178 (8.4%), a prevalence similar to that ...
Pericardial effusion is the presence of an abnormal amount of fluid and/or an abnormal character to fluid in the pericardial space. It can be caused by a variety of local and systemic disorders, or it may be idiopathic. See the image below. ...