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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for Pericardium
  1. Pericardium (image) 
    The pericardium is a thin double-layered sac which encloses the heart. Fluid is contained within the layers and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18081.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Pericardium (image) 
    Images ... The pericardial sac surrounds and protects the heart within the chest cavity.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/8895.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Constrictive pericarditis (image) 
    ... is a disorder caused by inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart. Eventual thickening, scarring and contracture of the pericardium occurs causing it to be less elastic. This ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18151.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Bacterial pericarditis (image) 
    Bacterial pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart, caused by a bacterial infection. The bacterial infection causes inflammation and swelling of the pericardium. Pain ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18150.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Post-MI pericarditis (image) 
    Post-MI pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart. Any previous injury to the heart muscle can cause pericarditis. Incidences of pericarditis are associated with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18080.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Cardiac tamponade (image) 
    ... myocardium (the muscle of the heart) and the pericardium (the outer covering sac of the heart). Blood or fluid collects within the pericardium. This prevents the ventricles from expanding fully, so ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18123.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Pericarditis (image) 
    ... is a disorder caused by inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart. Pericarditis ... Pain occurs as a result of the inflamed pericardium rubbing against the heart.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/18149.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Pericardial fluid culture (image) 
    ... into the chest between the ribs into the pericardium (the thin sac that surrounds the heart) and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9731.htm - Medical Encyclopedia