Emergency Pericardiocentesis in Children [PDF]
, 2017 Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening condition characterized by compression of the heart due to pericardial accumulation of different types of fluid and requires prompt diagnosis and immediate therapeutic intervention.
Lazea, Cecilia
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Pericardiocentesis Followed by Thoracotomy and Repair of Penetrating Cardiac Injury Caused by Nail Gun Injury to the Heart [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Work site injuries involving high projectile tools such as nail guns can lead to catastrophic injuries. Generally, penetrating cardiac injuries are associated with a high mortality rate.
Chirumamilla, Vasu +5 more
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Cureus, 2020 Introduction: Pericardiocentesis is crucial for the diagnosis and management of diseases responsible for significant pericardial effusions. Pericardiocentesis was performed the first time by Riolanus for cardiac tamponade.
Abdul Baqi, I. Ahmed
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Pericardial and Pleural Effusion in Patient with Relapse Stage IV Breast Cancer: Same Pathology, Different Etiology? [PDF]
, 2018 Pericardial effusion associated with malignacy has poor prognosis. The prompt identification of etiology is mandatory, such that timely management can be performed and survival can be increased.
Anggrahini, Dyah Wulan +3 more
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Anatomical consideration for safe pericardiocentesis assessed by three-dimensional computed tomography: Should an anterior or posterior approach be used? [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundThe efficacy of epicardial catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia has been reported. However, the safest anatomical method for pericardial puncture has not been determined.MethodsThirty patients who underwent 3-dimensional computed ...
Fukuzawa, Koji +10 more
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Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated pneumonia complicated by purulent pericarditis: case series [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: In the antibiotic era, purulent pericarditis is a rare entity. However, there are still reports of cases of the disease, which is associated with high mortality, and most such cases are attributed to delayed diagnosis.
Barlascini, Cornelius +5 more
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Diagnostics, 2020 We report the case of a 51-year-old patient who underwent the implantation of a bi-ventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) complicated by a sub-acute right ventricular minimal perforation with pericardial effusion and echocardiographic ...
C. Caiati +4 more
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Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020 Right ventricular (RV) perforation is a rare but life‐threatening complication of pericardiocentesis and is usually treated surgically. We presented a case of RV free wall perforation, which occurred during pericardiocentesis and tried to be closed ...
Mehmet Çelik +5 more
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Diagnostic utility of pericardial fluid pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial effusions among patients with moderate and large effusions undergoing pericardiocentesis at Groote Schuur Hospital: a subs-study of the IMPI trial [PDF]
, 2021 Diagnosis of infectious pericardial disease has been challenging in the developing world despite improvement of treatment modalities. The diagnostic utility of pH in diagnosing infectious pericardial fluid is unknown, yet this concept is well studied in ...
Kiggundu, Brian
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Outcomes of Cancer Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis for Pericardial Effusion [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundPericardial effusion (PE) is common in cancer patients, but the optimal therapeutic approach is not well defined. Percutaneous pericardiocentesis is less invasive than surgery, but its long-term effectiveness and safety have not been well ...
El Haddad, Danielle +6 more
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