(medicine) The presence of blood or bloody effusion in the pericardial sac.
hemopericardium
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An effusion of blood in the pericardial cavity, caused by rupture of the atrium, perforation of the ventricle or rupture of a coronary artery. It is usually manifested by very sudden death.
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