[67] Infection can spread from the liver by direct extension into the pleuropulmonary cavity and the pericardial cavity. Occasionally, usually in immunosuppressed individuals, infection might be ...

Cut the pericardium to expose the heart. Cut through the coracoid bar and pull back to fully open the pericardial cavity. Locate the vessels entering and leaving the heart and the 2 heart chambers - ...

This hemodynamic effect of a large pericardial effusion causing cardiac ... there is a net decrease in intrathoracic pressures as the thoracic cavity volume expands; this allows blood to easily ...