heart tamponade
Look at other dictionaries:
heart tamponade — Pathol. tamponade (def. 2) … Useful english dictionary
heart tamponade — cardiac t … Medical dictionary
tamponade — /tam peuh nayd /, n. 1. Med. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage. 2. Also called cardiac tamponade, heart tamponade. Pathol. a condition in which the heart is compressed because of an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium. Also,… … Universalium
Tamponade — is a condition of blood flow stoppage either by insertion of a tampon (a wadded cotton plug) into a blood vessel or by a constriction of the vessel by an outside force.Tamponade is a useful method of stopping a hemorrhage. This can be achieved by … Wikipedia
Heart failure — Classification and external resources The major signs and symptoms of heart failure. ICD 10 I5 … Wikipedia
Heart block — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I44 I45 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Tamponade, cardiac — A life threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated, is low blood pressure,… … Medical dictionary
Tamponade, pericardial — A life threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated, is low blood pressure,… … Medical dictionary
Heart — This article is about the organ in various animals. For the human heart, see Human heart. For other uses, see Heart (disambiguation). Cardiac redirects here. For the cardboard computer, see CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation … Wikipedia
tamponade — tam·pon·ade .tam pə nād also tam·pon·age tam pə nij n 1) the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon esp. to stop bleeding 2) CARDIAC TAMPONADE * * * n. 1. the insertion of a tampon. 2. abnormal pressure on a… … Medical dictionary
