While hemopericardium itself is not fatal, it may lead to cardiac tamponade, which can be deadly if not treated promptly.
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.. . that "'Beck's triad "'of arterial hypotension, raised jugular venous pressure and muffled heart sounds is pathognomonic of cardiac tamponade?
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There can, however, be disastrous consequences when tamponade occurs as a result of health problems, as in the case of cardiac tamponade.
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Occasionally, however, the sharp needle used for TSP may inadvertently traumatize other cardiac structures, leading to cardiac tamponade or serious blood loss.
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One study found that cardiac tamponade was fatal in 13.3 % of cases in which it was not caused by a malignant disease.
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When fluid builds up in the pericardium this is called pericardial effusion, which when it causes acute heart failure is called cardiac tamponade.
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The victim not only has to worry about hemorrhage, but also cardiac tamponade .-- talk ) 01 : 12, 22 February 2006 ( UTC)
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Peter is rushed to hospital with crush injuries to his legs and trauma to his lower back and chest, and suffers a cardiac tamponade.
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In surgical medicine he performed important pathophysiological studies of cardiac tamponade ( " herztamponade " ), a term he coined in an 1884 treatise.
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On physical examination, the patient may have the classic Beck s triad hypotension, raised JVP and distant heart sounds, when complicated by cardiac tamponade.
