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Italian term or phrase:
tamponamento cardiaco
English translation:
cardiac tamponade
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achisholm
May 15, 2012 13:00
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Italian term
tamponamento cardiaco
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Medical
Medical: Cardiology
cardiology medications
"- Controindicato nei pazienti con marcata ostruzione meccanica che influenza il riempimento ventricolare o la gittata cardiaca, o entrambi i casi, come nel tamponamento cardiaco, nella stenosi aortica valvolare o nella stenosi subaortica ipertrofica idiomatica"
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cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade is compression of the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up in the space between the myocardium (heart muscle) and the pericardium (outer covering sac of the heart).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000194.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000194.htm
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