Cardiac tamponade is a serious medical condition in which your heart can’t pump enough blood to your body due to fluid buildup around your heart. Seek medical help immediately if you or someone you ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The millions of physicians and nurses around the globe who use stethoscopes every day as a first-line diagnostic instrument have a new tool in their arsenal. 3M ...

IT has been known for many years that uremic pericarditis has the most unfavorable prognosis of all the various clinical manifestations of chronic renal disease. 1 That pericardial effusion may result ...

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...

Cardiac tamponade is when fluid collects around the heart muscle, for instance, due to trauma. It puts strain on the heart and stops it working effectively. Symptoms include a drop in blood pressure ...