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As pericardial effusions stretch the pericardium, the pericardial compliance reserve is eventually exhausted, with an exponential rise in compressive pericardial pressure. The severity of pericardial pressure increase depends on both the rapidity and volume of pericardial fluid accumulation. This increase in pericardial pressure is reflected in an increase in measured left- and right-sided \u2018filling\u2019 pressures, but paradoxically left ventricular end-diastolic volume (the true left ventricular preload) is decreased. This uncoupling of filling pressures and preload is the hallmark of pericardial restraint. When this occurs acutely from a pericardial effusion, rapid recognition and pericardiocentesis can be lifesaving. 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