…and inferior vena cava, impeding or halting venous return to the heart. In instances of tension pneumothorax, the accumulated pressure can shift the entire mediastinum…

CPR Tamponade and cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest associated with tamponade has an exceptionally poor prognosis. In the vast majority of these cases, the tamponade develops…

…Indications Unexplained cytopenia in one or more cell lines. Suspected acute leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome or myeloproliferative neoplasm. Work up and staging of lymphoma and myeloma…

…becomes inelastic and rigid, which limits the dilatation. It allows the pericardium to limit the filling of the chambers when the volumes become too large…