DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for cardiac tamponade

Cardiac tamponade [DOID:115]

A pericardial effusion in which fluid accumulates in the pericardium (the sac in which the heart is enclosed) and the pericardial spaces fills up faster than the pericardial sac can stretch.

Synonyms:  cardiac tamponade,  cardiac tamponades,  DOID:115,  pericardial tamponade,  Rose's tamponade ...