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Pericardial disease are conditions that affect your pericardium. Your pericardium is a flexible, two-layered sac that surrounds your heart. Your pericardium contains your heart in your chest wall. It ...

A 58-year-old woman presents to the hospital reporting fatigue, swelling of the legs and feet, and shortness of breath. She explains that her symptoms have been getting worse over the past 2 months.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three patients in both the treatment and nontreatment groups developed small, asymptomatic pericardial effusions ...

Pericardial effusion means the build-up of too much fluid in the double-layered, saclike structure near one’s heart (pericardium). Pericardial effusion can lead to excess pressure on the heart, ...

Pilot evaluation of venlafaxine hydrochloride for the therapy of hot flashes in cancer survivors. Elderly patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with CHOP chemotherapy plus ...

Women and patients with a history of coagulopathy have a heightened risk of significant pericardial complications during TAVR, new data show. For procedures performed in the United States between 2012 ...

A 28-year-old man who is new to your list, and whose records have not yet arrived, presents in your emergency surgery with a two-day history of substernal chest pain. He describes this as sharp and ...

(UPDATED) Cancer patients who experience pericardial effusion, either due to their malignancy or in reaction to chemotherapy or radiotherapy, may have better long-term outcomes if they receive ...