Current state of heart surgery in relation to some views on modern surgical science

Surgery is currently making quite significant progress in pericardial pouch diseases. First of all, surgical intervention is required in case of various fluid accumulations in the pericardial cavity (inflammatory exudates, stagnant and bloody effusions). The danger of such changes lies in the aforementioned cardiac tamponade, leading to heart distress and cardiac arrest due to compression of large veins flowing into the heart. Cardiac dysfunction with cardiac tamponade can occur with the accumulation of 150-300 cc of fluid in the pericardial cavity. The sooner the fluid accumulates, the sooner the danger is created.