Hemopericardium

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Hemopericardium
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 I23.0, I31.2, S26.0
ICD-9 423.0, 860.2

Hemopericardium refers to blood in the pericardial sac of the heart. It is a cause of pericardial effusion, and can also cause cardiac tamponade.[1]

The condition can be caused by trauma,[2] but it has also been observed in patients on anticoagulant therapy.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Forensic Pathology".
  2. ^ Krejci CS, Blackmore CC, Nathens A (July 2000). "Hemopericardium: an emergent finding in a case of blunt cardiac injury". AJR Am J Roentgenol 175 (1): 250. PMID 10882282, http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10882282. 
  3. ^ Katis PG (May 2005). "Atraumatic hemopericardium in a patient receiving warfarin therapy for a pulmonary embolus". CJEM 7 (3): 168–70. PMID 17355673, http://caep.ca/template.asp?id=472F89B37E8746A79053B22F89AB7C8D. 
  4. ^ Hong YC, Chen YG, Hsiao CT, Kuan JT, Chiu TF, Chen JC (September 2007). "Cardiac tamponade secondary to haemopericardium in a patient on warfarin". Emerg Med J 24 (9): 679–80. doi:10.1136/emj.2007.049643. PMID 17711963, http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17711963. 
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