pericardial sac

This finding results from movement of the heart within the pericardial sac.

It is made up of the pericardial sac and its contents.

The pericardial sac is opened to view the heart.

A good sign that the bullets might have missed the pericardial sac.

Hemopericardium refers to blood in the pericardial sac of the heart.

Ruptures the heart, and the pericardial sac self-seals on the way out.

"The bullet entered your chest and nicked the pericardial sac.

I'm going to fill the pericardial sac with water and insert a needle into the heart, again to see if any bubbles form.

This places the heart in proximity to the chest wall for easier insertion of the needle into the pericardial sac.

The inflammation causes an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac, which encases the heart.

Her aortic arch, pulmonary artery, heart, and pericardial sac were penetrated.

A needle will be inserted and then a catheter (a thin plastic tube) into the pericardial sac around your heart.

Fluid collected in the pericardial sac covering his heart, suggesting the aneurysm was leaking.

"If you can decompress the pericardial sac, maybe we can fish out the bullet and repair the tear."

The pericardial sac is particularly well suited for a valve leaflet due to its extremely durable physical properties.

Under the smashed xiphoid, she saw the pulse of the bluish-brown pericardial sac, streaked with fat.

A buildup of fluid in the pericardial sac (pericardial effusion).

She watched as Dr. Barker skillfully opened the pericardial sac, exposing the heart.

If the pain is pleuritic in nature, it may suggest acute pericarditis caused by hemorrhage into the pericardial sac.

Peritoneal and thoracic cavities contains a great quantity of fluids, as does pericardial sac.

"Bullet fragments penetrated her heart, and there was massive bleeding into the pericardial sac, preventing the heart from pumping.

Heparin in Dressler syndrome should be avoided because it can lead to hemorrhage into the pericardial sac leading to tamponade.

Symptoms may include abnormalities of heart rhythm, enlargement of the heart, fluid in the pericardial sac, and congestive heart failure.

Cardiac tamponade is pressure on the heart muscle which occurs when the pericardial space fills up with fluid faster than the pericardial sac can stretch.

It is caused by reduced diastolic filling of the right ventricle, due to the outside pressure being exerted on it by the expanding pericardial sac.