Hemopericardium
| Hemopericardium | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Emergency medicine  |
Hemopericardium refers to blood in the pericardial sac of the heart. It is clinically similar to a pericardial effusion, and, depending on the volume and rapidity with which it develops, may cause cardiac tamponade.[1]
The condition can be caused by full-thickness necrosis (death) of the myocardium (heart muscle) after myocardial infarction, as well as trauma,[2] and in patients receiving anticoagulants.[3][4] Other causes include ruptured aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva and other aneurysms of the aortic arch.[5]
References
- ^ "Forensic Pathology".
- ^ Krejci CS, Blackmore CC, Nathens A (July 2000). "Hemopericardium: an emergent finding in a case of blunt cardiac injury". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 175 (1): 250. doi:10.2214/ajr.175.1.1750250. PMID 10882282.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Katis PG (May 2005). "Atraumatic hemopericardium in a patient receiving warfarin therapy for a pulmonary embolus". CJEM. 7 (3): 168–70. PMID 17355673. [dead link]
- ^ Hong YC, Chen YG, Hsiao CT, Kuan JT, Chiu TF, Chen JC (September 2007). "Cardiac tamponade secondary to haemopericardium in a patient on warfarin". Emerg Med J. 24 (9): 679–80. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049643. PMC 2464639. PMID 17711963.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gray's Anatomy, 1902 ed.
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