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Pericardiocentesis - Resultados

Nombres alternativos

Punción pericárdica; Pericardiocentesis percutánea

Valores normales:

Normalmente hay una pequeña cantidad de líquido claro y de color blanco amarillento en el espacio pericárdico.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los hallazgos anormales pueden indicar las causas de la acumulación del líquido pericárdico, tales como:

Cáncer
Perforación cardíaca
Trauma cardíaco
Insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva
Pericarditis
Ruptura de un aneurisma ventricular

Vista anterior del corazón

Pericardio

Fecha de revisión: 5/12/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

LeWinter MM. Pericardial Diseases. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2007: Chap. 70.

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