Pericardial effusion history and symptoms


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Symptoms
Chest pain, pressure symptoms. A small effusion may have no symptoms.

Pericardial effusion is also present after a specific type of heart defect repair. An Atrial Septal Defect Secundum, or ASD, when repaired will most likely produce a pericardial effusion due to one of the methods of repair. One repair method of an ASD is to take a piece of the peridcardial tissue and use it as a patch for the hole in the atrial cavity.