See Also: chronic tamponade(medicine)
Chronic tamponade(health)
Tamponade(medicine)
tamponade(dictionary)
cardiac tamponade(medicine)
heart tamponade(medicine)
Balloon tamponade(health)
Cardiac tamponade(health)
Esophagogastric tamponade(health)
pericardial tamponade(medicine)

Chronic tamponade (health)


A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial sac progressively compress the heart and impair its performance. The excess fluid in the pericardial sac acts to constrict the heart. Here the outpouring of fluid within the pericardial sac is slowly smashing into the heart.