Pericardial Effusion

"Pericardial Effusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Fluid accumulation within the PERICARDIUM. Serous effusions are associated with pericardial diseases. Hemopericardium is associated with trauma. Lipid-containing effusion (chylopericardium) results from leakage of THORACIC DUCT. Severe cases can lead to CARDIAC TAMPONADE.

Descriptor ID	D010490
MeSH Number(s)	C14.280.695
Concept/Terms	Pericardial Effusion Pericardial Effusion Effusion, Pericardial Effusions, Pericardial Pericardial Effusions Hemopericardium Hemopericardium Chylopericardium Chylopericardium Chylopericardiums

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Pericardial Effusion [C14.280.695]

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Gong J, Drobni ZD, Zafar A, Quinaglia T, Hartmann S, Gilman HK, Raghu VK, Gongora C, Sise ME, Alvi RM, Zubiri L, Nohria A, Sullivan R, Reynolds KL, Zlotoff D, Neilan TG. Pericardial disease in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 06; 9(6).

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Mahadevan NR, Morgan EA, Mitchell RN. Case report and literature review: cardiac tamponade as a complication of pericardial extramedullary hematopoiesis. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 25(5):371-4.

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Khalid N, Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Response to Role of a 12-Lead Electrocardiogram in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Tamponade as Diagnosed by Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients With Malignant Pericardial Effusion. Clin Cardiol. 2015 Jul; 38(7):445-6.

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Khalid N, Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Malignant pericardial effusion: Different therapeutic perspectives. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 May; 149(5):1468-9.

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Chhabra L, Khalid N, Spodick DH. [Letter on the article "Pericardial effusion: an unknown expression of Graves' disease"]. Presse Med. 2014 Dec; 43(12 Pt 1):1407.

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Imazio M, Brucato A, Ferrazzi P, Pullara A, Adler Y, Barosi A, Caforio AL, Cemin R, Chirillo F, Comoglio C, Cugola D, Cumetti D, Dyrda O, Ferrua S, Finkelstein Y, Flocco R, Gandino A, Hoit B, Innocente F, Maestroni S, Musumeci F, Oh J, Pergolini A, Polizzi V, Ristic A, Simon C, Spodick DH, Tarzia V, Trimboli S, Valenti A, Belli R, Gaita F. Colchicine for prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome and postoperative atrial fibrillation: the COPPS-2 randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Sep 10; 312(10):1016-23.

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Imazio M, Belli R, Beqaraj F, Giammaria M, Lestuzzi C, Hoit B, LeWinter M, Spodick DH, Adler Y. DRainage Or Pericardiocentesis alone for recurrent nonmalignant, nonbacterial pericardial effusions requiring intervention: rationale and design of the DROP trial, a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2014 Jun; 15(6):510-4.

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Chhabra L, Devadoss R, Gnanapandithan K, Spodick DH. Pleuropericardial effusion: an unusual presentation of polymyalgia rheumatica. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 30; 2014.

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Bajaj R, Mehrzad R, Singh K, Gupta JP. Cardiac tamponade in hypothyroidism. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 26; 2014.

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Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Swinging heart and vector alternans: signs of impending doom. Heart. 2013 Oct; 99(20):1545.

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