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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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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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Pericardiocentesis: ultrasound guidance is essential

The Ultrasound Journal, 2022
Background Pericardial effusion is a common entity which may have important implications in patient’s prognosis. In several cases, pericardiocentesis is indicated for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.
Pablo Blanco, Liliana Figueroa, María Fernanda Menéndez, Belén Berrueta   +3 more
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Surgical Pericardial Window Versus Pericardiocentesis in Patients with Pericardial Effusion Indicated for Drainage [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023
Background: Existing data, which compare the outcomes of surgical pericardial window operation versus pericardiocentesis in patients with significant pericardial effusion indicated for drainage, are limited and not enough to guide the best management ...
Tarek Omran, Mohamed Elgariah
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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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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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Etiology and Long‐Term Outcome of Patients Undergoing Pericardiocentesis

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
BackgroundPericardial effusions can be caused by a variety of disorders. The frequency of the underlying diseases varies with patient population; therefore, previously reported series are not necessarily representative of other populations.
Alexander Strobbe, Tom Adriaenssens, Johan Bennett, Christophe Dubois, Walter Desmet, Keir McCutcheon, Johan Van Cleemput, Peter R Sinnaeve   +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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Pericardiocentesis or surgical drainage: A national comparison of clinical outcomes and resource use

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background While institutional series have sought to define the optimal strategy for drainage of pericardial effusions, large-scale comparisons remain lacking.
Chelsea Pan, R. Mabeza, Z. Tran, Cory Lee, J. Hadaya, Yas Sanaiha, P. Benharash   +6 more
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