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 ...

However, survival varied significantly depending on the cause of TCA: 21% with cardiac tamponade, 1.9% with exsanguination, ...

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 ...