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Cardiac tamponade

tamponade, also known as pericardial tamponade, is a compression of the heart due to pericardial effusion. Onset may be rapid or gradual. Symptoms typically include those of obstructive shock including shortness of breath, weakness, lightheadedness, and cough. Other symptoms may relate to the underlying cause.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Shortness of breath, weakness, lightheadedness, cough

Causes — why it happens

·Cancer, kidney failure, chest , pericarditis,

How it's found

·Symptoms and of the heart

Treatment

·Drainage (pericardiocentesis, pericardial window, pericardiectomy)

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