cardiac tamponade
MONDO:0001297Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cardiac tamponade yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Acute compression of the heart caused by increased intrapericardial pressure due to the collection of blood or fluid in the pericardium from rupture of the heart, penetrating trauma, or progressive effusion.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001297), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: cardiac tamponade
- Also called
- pericardial tamponade