cardiac tamponade

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cardiac tamponade - mechanical compression of the heart resulting from large amounts of fluid collecting in the pericardial space and limiting the heart's normal range of motion

tamponade, tamponage - blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding)

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The complications of pneumomediastinum include cardiac tamponade, airway obstruction, pneumothorax, mediastinitis, and deep neck infection.

Spontaneous facial subcutaneous emphysema by Carr, Michele M. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

[19] Pulsus paradoxus is occasionally seen in CHF but is more frequently associated with cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis.

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5) Once CCNF reaches the mediastinum, it can cause mediastinitis, pericarditis, pleural or pericardial effusion, empyema, pneumonitis, cardiac tamponade, and esophageal bleeding.

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