____ occurs when the accumulation of fluid does not allow the heart to refill with blood after a contraction because the heart chambers cannot dilate in the compressed space.

A. Sucking chest
B. Flail chest
C. Cardiac tamponade
D. Myocardial contusion


Answer: C

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