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Criteria for triage for patients with pericardial effusion at risk for progression to cardiac tamponade

Etiology
Clinical presentation
Imaging

Immediate pericardiocentesis should be considered if there are ≥6 points from at least two categories.

Result

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Reference

Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Valentino Collini, Jan Gröschel, Yehuda Adler, Antonio Brucato, Vanessa Christian, Vanessa M Ferreira, Estelle Gandjbakhch, Bettina Heidecker, Mathieu Kerneis, Allan L Klein, Karin Klingel, George Lazaros, Roberto Lorusso, Elena G Nesukay, Kazem Rahimi, Arsen D Ristić, Marcin Rucinski, Leyla Elif Sade, Hannah Schaubroeck, Anne Grete Semb, Gianfranco Sinagra, Jens Jakob Thune, Massimo Imazio, the ESC Scientific Document Group , 2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis: Developed by the task force for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Endorsed by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), European Heart Journal, 2025;, ehaf192, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf192

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