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the hyperdense frame
all around the heart
H:
Adult
woman, 54-years-old, with SLE (systemic lupus erythematodes) admitted with low
blood pressure and tachycardia.
INFO/WWW-LINKS:
A pericardial effusion
is an accumulation of fluid (caused by e.g. pericarditis). Causes of pericarditis
are infections (viruses), uraemia, myocardial infarction, Dressler`s syndrome,
trauma and e.g. connective tissue disease (SLE).
Clinical features of pericardial effusion are right and left heart failure
- risk of cardiac tamponade.
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