CARDIAC TAMPONADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac tamponade mean? 

• CARDIAC TAMPONADE (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC TAMPONADE has 1 sense:

1. mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC TAMPONADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC TAMPONADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cardiac tamponade" is a kind of...):

tamponade; tamponage (blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding))

 Context examples 

Clinical presentation includes pericardial effusion, congestive heart failure, a mass or cardiac tamponade.

(Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac tamponade should usually be documented by either: Echocardiogram showing pericardial fluid and signs of tamponade such as right heart compromise, or systemic hypotension due to pericardial fluid compromising cardiac function.

(Cardiac Tamponade, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)