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Hemopericardium

MedGen UID:
6795
•Concept ID:
C0019064
•
Disease or Syndrome; Pathologic Function
Synonyms: haemopericardium; Hematopericardium; hemopericardium; hemopericardium (disease)
SNOMED CT: Hemopericardium (23412002); Hematopericardium (23412002)
 
HPO: HP:0011851
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005783

Definition

Accumulation of blood within the pericardial sac. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHemopericardium

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Hemopericardium in the acute clinical setting: Are we ready for a tailored management approach on the basis of MDCT findings?
Valente T, Pignatiello M, Sica G, Bocchini G, Rea G, Cappabianca S, Scaglione M
Radiol Med 2021 Apr;126(4):527-543. Epub 2020 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s11547-020-01303-x. PMID: 33136215
Comment on: "Hemopericardium after laparoscopic perihiatal procedures: high index of suspicion facilitates early diagnosis and successful nonoperative management".
de Raaff CAL, van Veen RN, van Wagensveld
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2016 Nov;12(9):1764-1765. Epub 2016 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2016.09.021. PMID: 28029596
Management of hemopericardium related to percutaneous epicardial access, mapping, and ablation.
Koruth JS, d'Avila A
Heart Rhythm 2011 Oct;8(10):1652-7. Epub 2011 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.059. PMID: 21459162

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Role of Radiologists.
Hahn LD, Papamatheakis DG, Fernandes TM, Poch DS, Yang J, Shen J, Hoh CK, Hsiao A, Kerr KM, Pretorius V, Madani MM, Kim NH, Kligerman SJ
Radiographics 2023 Feb;43(2):e220078. doi: 10.1148/rg.220078. PMID: 36525366
An Analysis of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Hemopericardium Using Autopsy Data From a County Medical Examiner.
Klutts G, Kalkwarf K, Meyer D, Yang Y, Wolf DA, Bhavaraju A, Margolick J, Marino K, Robertson R, Drake SA
Am Surg 2022 Aug;88(8):1909-1911. Epub 2022 Apr 17 doi: 10.1177/00031348221086805. PMID: 35430907
Atrial Wall Thickness and Risk of Hemopericardium in Elderly Women After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Lee JH, Yu HT, Kwon OS, Han HJ, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Joung B, Lee MH, Pak HN
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2021 Mar;14(3):e009368. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009368. PMID: 33657832
Cardiac tamponade following acupuncture.
Kirchgatterer A, Schwarz CD, Höller E, Punzengruber C, Hartl P, Eber B
Chest 2000 May;117(5):1510-1. doi: 10.1378/chest.117.5.1510. PMID: 10807845
Uremic hemopericardium.
Alfrey AC, Goss JE, Ogden DA, Vogel JH, Holmes JH
Am J Med 1968 Sep;45(3):391-400. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(68)90073-9. PMID: 5672738

Diagnosis

Advances in Trauma Ultrasound.
Austin S, Haase D, Hamera J
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2023 Feb;41(1):131-142. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2022.09.004. PMID: 36424037
Pericardial tamponade: A comprehensive emergency medicine and echocardiography review.
Alerhand S, Adrian RJ, Long B, Avila J
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Aug;58:159-174. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.05.001. PMID: 35696801
An Arrow Through the Heart.
Hibino M, Dhingra NK, Verma R, Yanagawa B, Bisleri G, Verma S
J Invasive Cardiol 2022 May;34(5):E414-E415. doi: 10.25270/jic/21.00396. PMID: 35501114
Tailored Holder for Continuous Echocardiographic Monitoring.
Song H, Tsai SK, Liu J
Anesth Analg 2018 Feb;126(2):435-437. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002682. PMID: 29200072
Uremic hemopericardium.
Alfrey AC, Goss JE, Ogden DA, Vogel JH, Holmes JH
Am J Med 1968 Sep;45(3):391-400. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(68)90073-9. PMID: 5672738

Therapy

IgA vasculitis presenting as recurrent hemopericardium.
Mank V, Arter Z, Eum K, Mignano S, Cho S
Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021 Feb 1;60(2):993-994. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa390. PMID: 32901253
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of Vena Caval Filters: Systematic Review of the Published Literature and the MAUDE Database.
Bikdeli B, Kirtane AJ, Jimenez D, Green P, Spencer FA, Kuo WT, Krumholz HM, Parikh SA
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2019 Jan-Dec;25:1076029619849111. doi: 10.1177/1076029619849111. PMID: 31088147Free PMC Article
Hemopericardium After TAVR: Assessment.
Joyce MF, Maslow A
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2018 Aug;32(4):1788-1793. Epub 2018 Mar 6 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.03.003. PMID: 29706568
Subepicardial hematoma after percutaneous coronary intervention.
Borracci RA, Ayala N, Renes P, Allende NG
Cir Cir 2017 Nov-Dec;85(6):526-528. Epub 2016 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.circir.2016.08.007. PMID: 27751508
Management of hemopericardium related to percutaneous epicardial access, mapping, and ablation.
Koruth JS, d'Avila A
Heart Rhythm 2011 Oct;8(10):1652-7. Epub 2011 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.03.059. PMID: 21459162

Prognosis

Pericardial tamponade: A comprehensive emergency medicine and echocardiography review.
Alerhand S, Adrian RJ, Long B, Avila J
Am J Emerg Med 2022 Aug;58:159-174. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.05.001. PMID: 35696801
Atrial Wall Thickness and Risk of Hemopericardium in Elderly Women After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Lee JH, Yu HT, Kwon OS, Han HJ, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Joung B, Lee MH, Pak HN
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2021 Mar;14(3):e009368. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009368. PMID: 33657832
Cardiac rupture with intact pericardium: A report of four cases and short review of the literature.
Lv B, Qiu M, Mu J, Ma J, Wu J, Dong H
Leg Med (Tokyo) 2019 Sep;40:1-4. Epub 2019 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2019.06.006. PMID: 31254732
Spontaneous rupture of inferior vena cava.
Choi HI, Kim YK, Choi SI, Kim K
Am J Emerg Med 2017 Sep;35(9):1383.e3-1383.e4. Epub 2017 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.05.042. PMID: 28579295
Uremic hemopericardium.
Alfrey AC, Goss JE, Ogden DA, Vogel JH, Holmes JH
Am J Med 1968 Sep;45(3):391-400. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(68)90073-9. PMID: 5672738

Clinical prediction guides

Atrial Wall Thickness and Risk of Hemopericardium in Elderly Women After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
Lee JH, Yu HT, Kwon OS, Han HJ, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Joung B, Lee MH, Pak HN
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2021 Mar;14(3):e009368. Epub 2021 Mar 4 doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009368. PMID: 33657832
Predictors of Cardiac Perforation With Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Friedman DJ, Pokorney SD, Ghanem A, Marcello S, Kalsekar I, Yadalam S, Akar JG, Freeman JV, Goldstein L, Khanna R, Piccini JP
JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2020 Jun;6(6):636-645. Epub 2020 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.01.011. PMID: 32553212
Delayed hemopericardium due to non-penetrating chest trauma: a report of new case and literature review.
Tsugu T, Nagatomo Y, Tanigawa T, Endo J, Itabashi Y, Murata M, Mitamura H
J Med Ultrason (2001) 2019 Jan;46(1):159-162. Epub 2018 Aug 9 doi: 10.1007/s10396-018-0895-9. PMID: 30094767
Complete cardiac rupture associated with closed chest cardiac massage: case report and review of the literature.
Tattoli L, Maselli E, Romanelli MC, Di Vella G, Solarino B
J Forensic Sci 2014 Mar;59(2):564-7. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12340. PMID: 24749147
Transthoracic epicardial catheter ablation to treat recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
Sosa E, Scanavacca M, d'Avila A
Curr Cardiol Rep 2001 Nov;3(6):451-8. doi: 10.1007/s11886-001-0066-1. PMID: 11602075

Recent systematic reviews

Hemopericardium in the Setting of Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use: An Updated Systematic Review.
Sheikh AB, Shah I, Sagheer S, Javed N, Minhas AMK, Lopez ED, Parikh C, Shekhar R
Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2022 Jun;39:73-83. Epub 2021 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.09.010. PMID: 34607787
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of Vena Caval Filters: Systematic Review of the Published Literature and the MAUDE Database.
Bikdeli B, Kirtane AJ, Jimenez D, Green P, Spencer FA, Kuo WT, Krumholz HM, Parikh SA
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2019 Jan-Dec;25:1076029619849111. doi: 10.1177/1076029619849111. PMID: 31088147Free PMC Article
The efficacy and safety of electroanatomic mapping-guided endomyocardial biopsy: a systematic review.
Vaidya VR, Abudan AA, Vasudevan K, Shantha G, Cooper LT, Kapa S, Noseworthy PA, Cha YM, Asirvatham SJ, Deshmukh AJ
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2018 Oct;53(1):63-71. Epub 2018 Jul 12 doi: 10.1007/s10840-018-0410-7. PMID: 30003460
Perinatal outcomes and intrauterine complications following fetal intervention for congenital heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Araujo Júnior E, Tonni G, Chung M, Ruano R, Martins WP
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016 Oct;48(4):426-433. Epub 2016 Sep 15 doi: 10.1002/uog.15867. PMID: 26799734

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