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Clinical characteristics and risk factors of in-hospital mortality among patients undergoing percutaneous pericardiocentesis [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundPercutaneous pericardiocentesis represents a salvage procedure in case of cardiac tamponade and diagnostic procedure in chronic pericardial effusion of unknown source.
Maciej T. Wybraniec, Maciej T. Wybraniec, Maciej T. Wybraniec, Zofia Kampka, Zofia Kampka, Mateusz Drabczyk, Mateusz Drabczyk, Marek Zielonka, Marek Zielonka, Przemysław Urbaniec, Przemysław Urbaniec, Grzegorz Wypych, Grzegorz Wypych, Małgorzata Cichoń, Małgorzata Cichoń, Tomasz Szatan, Paweł Jastrzębski, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, Katarzyna Mizia-Stec   +19 more
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Prognostic Factors and Overall Survival After Pericardiocentesis in Patients With Cancer and Thrombocytopenia [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Pericardiocentesis is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool for cancer-associated pericardial effusion. Limited safety and outcomes data exists regarding the management of malignancy-related pericardial effusion in patients with ...
Nathaniel R. Wilson, Michelle T. Lee, Clarence D. Gill, Astrid Serauto Canache, Teodora Donisan, Dinu V. Balanescu, Juhee Song, Nicolas Palaskas, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Cezar A. Iliescu, Cezar A. Iliescu   +12 more
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In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis for Pericardial Effusion with and Without Malignancy [PDF]

Current Oncology
Background: Despite the high prevalence of malignant pericardial effusions (MPEs), the differences in mortality between those undergoing pericardiocentesis for MPE versus non-malignancy pericardial effusions (NMPEs) are not well characterized. To address
Ju Young Bae, Dae Yong Park, Soumya Banna, Jiun-Ruey Hu, Amr Saleh, Mamas A. Mamas, Robert L. McNamara, Michael G. Nanna, John F. Setaro, Luke K. Kim, S. Elissa Altin   +10 more
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Pericardiocentesis can be nasty. Accidents do occur while “Rail-roading” Sheaths and pigtails!

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2018
Pericardiocentesis is a challenging procedure and complications may vary depending on the patient-specific risk factors and procedural indications. Cardiac chamber perforation and the subsequent insertion of pigtail catheter into the main pulmonary ...
Jitin Narula, Arindam Choudhury, Arun Sharma   +2 more
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Treating a Metastatic Pericardial Tumor [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports
Background: Pericardial involvement of metastatic adenocarcinoma is rare, and its treatment has historically involved several strategies. Case Summary: We describe a case of pericardial metastasis from gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma presenting with ...
Leslie A. Ynalvez, MD, Cezar A. Iliescu, MD, Ihab R. Hamzeh, MD, Anita Deswal, MD, MPH, Nicolas L. Palaskas, MD   +4 more
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Ultrasound-guided Emergency Pericardiocentesis Simulation on Human Cadavers: A Scoping Review [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Objectives: Emergency pericardiocentesis is a critical but infrequently performed procedure in emergency medicine, necessitating effective training modalities for emergency physicians.
Luca Ünlü, Felix Margenfeld, Adib Zendehdel, Johannes A. Griese, Amélie Poilliot, Magdalena Müller-Gerbl, Christian H. Nickel, Mirza Dedic   +7 more
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Hemoperitoneum, Hepatic Laceration, and Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm as a Complication of Emergent Pericardiocentesis

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
Emergent pericardiocentesis is a potentially life-saving therapeutic procedure. We report a case of hemoperitoneum, a rare but known complication of pericardiocentesis; due to hepatic artery laceration and hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm formation ...
Waseem Farooq, MD, Vijay Iyer, MD
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Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Pericardiocentesis is undertaken in patients with cancer for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. However, there are limited data on the frequency, characteristics and mortality of patients with different cancers undergoing pericardiocentesis.
Andrija Matetic, Bonnie Ky, Eric H. Yang, Phyo K. Myint, Muhammad Rashid, Shelley Zieroth, Timir K. Paul, Ayman Elbadawi, Mamas A. Mamas   +8 more
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Transient left ventricular dysfunction after therapeutic pericardiocentesis - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndrome

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
We present a case of reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with characteristic stress or "Takotsubo" cardiomyopathy (SCM) after therapeutic pericardiocentesis in a patient with tubercular pericardial effusion.
Jaikrit Bhutani, Aditya Batra, Ashu Gupta, Anshul Gupta, Kunal Mahajan   +4 more
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Unveiling the causes of pericardial effusion in a contemporary case series of pericardiocentesis in Latin America

Scientific Reports, 2022
Pericardial effusions requiring pericardiocentesis have multiple causes that vary among geographical regions and health contexts. This procedure can be performed for diagnostic or therapeutic indications.
Juan Hernando del Portillo-Navarrete, Alejandro Pizano, Jhonattan Benavides, Andres M. Palacio, Karen Moreno-Medina, Jaime Cabrales, Darío Echeverri   +6 more
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