Cardiac tamponade causes a build-up of a large amount of fluid in your pericardium, or the protective sac of fluid around your heart. This fluid build-up is called pericardial effusion.

Acute pericardial disease (acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade) was the first manifestation of previously unknown malignancies in 18 out of 450 patients (4.0%) and lung cancer was the most ...

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