What is the normal composition of pericardial fluid?

Sabrina BuoroEnrico TombettiFerruccio CeriottiCaterina SimonDiego CugolaMichela SeghezziFrancesco InnocenteSilvia MaestroniMaria Del Carmen Baigorria VacaValentina MoioliGiulia PrevitaliBarbara ManentiYehuda AdlerMassimo Imazio Antonio Luca Brucato

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)

PF is rich in nucleated cells, protein, albumin, LDH, at levels consistent with inflammatory exudates in other biological fluids. Physicians should stop to interpret PF as exudate or transudate according to tools not validated for this setting.

Keyphrases

induced apoptosis
primary care
cell cycle arrest
oxidative stress
cord blood
protein protein
signaling pathway
amino acid
small molecule