Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular filling eventually causing decreased ...

This can be found in cardiac tamponade or during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma exacerbations. The image above ― an arterial pressure waveform tracing, superimposed with the ...

of mercury. There were, however, individual variations in technic in the preparation, positioning and maintenance of the balloon tamponade. The Sengstaken-Blakemore tube was employed on 81 ...