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Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy (PBP) Revisited: A Case Report and Review of Literature

open access: yesCase Reports in Cardiology, 2020
Background. A Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy (PBP) procedure is a reemerging nonsurgical technique that helps in preventing the reaccumulation of pericardial effusion. It is done percutaneously without general anaesthesia.
Raed Aqel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Echocardiographic findings associated with mortality or transplant in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Identification of patients at risk of deterioration is essential to guide clinical management in pulmonary arterial ...
Baggen, V.J.M. (Vivan)   +7 more
core   +6 more sources

Unexpected Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Diagnosed by Computed Tomography Angiography in the Emergency Department

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
3D Volume Rendering coronary CTA reconstruction showing a giant thrombosed aneurysm of the proximal right coronary artery ABSTRACT Giant coronary artery aneurysms (GCAA) are usually defined as diameter > 8 mm or > 400% of the adjacent normal segment; they are very rare (reported prevalence ≈0.02%).
Stefano Giusto Picchi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thoracic Ultrasound–Related Management Change: Predictors and the Role of Operator Certification (Secondary Analysis of UltraMAN)

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
Thoracic ultrasound frequently altered ICU management decisions. Changes were more likely in patients with cardiovascular disease or hypovolemia and occurred independently of operator certification. These findings support the routine use of TUS in critically ill patients, even when performed by less‐experienced but supervised operators.
Jorge E. Lopez Matta   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Message in a bottle. The use of chest radiography for diagnosis of pericardial effusion

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
The diagnosis of pericardial effusion may be elusive, and only diagnosed with echocardiography. Case reports: Here we report the cases of two patients who presented to the emergency centre (EC) with dyspnoea, and their chest X-rays (CXR) revealed the ...
James Foley, Lai Pun Tong, Navin Ramphul
doaj   +1 more source

THU660 Pericardial Effusion Secondary To Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism

open access: gold, 2023
Gozde Deniz Cain   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Large Pericardial Effusion—Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options, with a Special Attention to the Role of Prolonged Pericardial Fluid Drainage [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Małgorzata Dybowska   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point‐of‐care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) use continues to expand across multiple clinical subspecialties, and the need for standardization of training and quality assurance has become increasingly important. Despite the need for training, there are currently no widely accepted multispecialty criteria to define an acceptable quality POCUS ...
James Anstey   +33 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of echocardiographic evaluation of pericardial effusion associated with mitral valve pseudoprolapse in patients with chronic renal failure

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2011
To evaluate the clinical course of pericarditis in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), we studied echocardiography in 64 CKD patients and subdivided them into four groups according to their CKD condition and presence of effusion: 14 (22 ...
Bedri Zahiti   +3 more
doaj  

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