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2. Pericardial effusion - Wikipedia

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   Fluid may be also sent for gram stain, acid fast stain, or culture if high suspicion of infectious cause. [1] Bloody fluids may also be evaluated for malignant cells. [13] Fluid analysis may result in: transudative effusion: due to non-inflammatory causes (congestive heart failure, myxoedema, nephrotic syndrome)

3. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The role of the heart in fluid retention began to be better appreciated, as dropsy of the chest (fluid accumulation in and around the lungs causing shortness of breath) became more familiar and the current concept of heart failure, which brings together swelling and shortage of breath due to fluid retention, began to be accepted, in the 17th ...

4. Cardiac tamponade - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac tamponade, also known as pericardial tamponade (/ ˌ t æ m. p ə ˈ n eɪ d / [4]), is a compression of the heart due to pericardial effusion (the build-up of pericardial fluid in the sac around the heart). [2]

5. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   For left-sided heart failure, certain medications can be prescribed to help improve blood flow, like ACE inhibitors which help dilate blood vessels, as well as diuretics to help reduce the overall fluid buildup in the body which helps prevent hypertension from worsening the heart failure.

6. Pericardial fluid - Wikipedia

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   The pleural and pericardial cavities are exaggerated since normally there is no space between parietal and visceral pleura and between pericardium and heart. Pericardial fluid is the serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer and the ...

7. Diabetic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a disorder of the heart muscle in people with diabetes.It can lead to inability of the heart to circulate blood through the body effectively, a state known as heart failure(HF), [2] with accumulation of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) or legs (peripheral edema).