Small effusions that don’t have symptoms and are due to known causes (for example,kidneyfailure) may require no special treatment. Your doctor will likely watch your effusion using an echocardiogram so they can see if it changes size or needs direct treatment. If your effusion isn't dangerous...
Apericardial effusionis excess fluid between yourheartand the sac (pericardium) surrounding yourheart. It can be caused by several things but may develop because of an infection that makes your pericardium swell. You may or may not have symptoms, but you're more likely to have them if the ...
Pericardial EffusionThe clinical and laboratory findings of 28 patients identified as having late pericardial effusions were examined. Eleven of these patients were asymptomatic; 9 patients had moderate symptoms including fatigue, malaise, weight gain, and dyspnea on exertion, and 8 patients with similar...
THE OPTIMAL management of neoplastic cardiac tamponade has been controversial, with ardent proponents of pericardiocentesis (with or without sclerotherapy),1-3 surgical decompression,4-8 and radiation therapy9-11 as primary therapeutic modalities. In the eight years since this oncologic emergency was ...
Pericardial effusion post-SCT in pediatric recipients with signs and/or symptoms of cardiac disease. The objective of this study was to assess the incidence, risk factors, outcome and impact on OS of (PEF) in a cohort of 156 pediatric recipients. The mean ... M Neier,Z Jin,C Kleinman,...
Cyclosporine-induced pericardial effusion after cardiac transplantation In the last 5 years, there has been a significant proliferation in the number of centers in which orthotopic cardiac transplantation is performed. This has been attributed to better surgical management, patient selection criteria and th...
Recovery and Management of Pericardial Effusion in Dogs The overall prognosis for most dogs with pericardial effusion is uncertain. Generally, if the fluid recovered from the pericardial sac is blood, the situation is more severe than if the fluid recovered is clear or blood-tinged. A highly ag...
Emergency Management and Critical Care Steven G.Cole,Kenneth J.Drobatz, inManual of Canine and Feline Cardiology (Fourth Edition), 2008 Pericardial Effusion • Pericardial effusiontypically results from an underlying neoplasia, such ashemangiosarcoma, heartbasetumors, lymphoma, ormesothelioma. Other caus...
Signs and symptoms of pericardial effusion include the following: Chest pain, pressure, discomfort Light-headedness, syncope Palpitations Cough Dyspnea Hoarseness Anxiety and confusion Hiccoughs See Clinical Presentation for more detail. Diagnosis
Other uncommon complications such as a pleuropericardial fistula can occur and should be considered if a new left pleural effusion occurs after the procedure.55,56 Recently, it has been shown in a series of 30 patients that repeated pericardial access can be performed safely at a median of 110...