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Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade Associated with Dabigatran Use [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To describe 2 cases of hemopericardium following treatment with dabigatran. CASE SUMMARIES: A 70-year-old male with a history of dabigatran use presented with cough, fatigue, and bloody stools.
Dy, Eliza A., Shiltz, Dane L.
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Asymptomatic Pneumopericardium with Atrial Fibrillation after Pericardiocentesis: A Case Report

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2019
Air inside the pericardial cavity is called “pneumopericardium”, which is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis. Pneumopericardium may resolve spontaneously or can complicate into tension pericardium, requiring urgent aspiration. We herein describe a
Hammad Shah, Momin Salahudin, Afrasyab Altaf   +2 more
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Assessment of a Low-Cost Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Model

Emergency Medicine International, 2013
Introduction. The use of ultrasound during resuscitation is emphasized in the latest European resuscitation council guidelines of 2013 to identify treatable conditions such as pericardial tamponade.
Marco Campo dell'Orto, Dorothea Hempel, Agnieszka Starzetz, Armin Seibel, Ulf Hannemann, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz   +6 more
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Etiology of Pericardial Effusion and Outcomes Post Pericardiocentesis in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A Single-center Experience

Cureus, 2020
Background Pericardial effusion is the accumulation of blood or excess fluid in the cavity between the heart and the pericardium sac. Pericardial effusion can be caused by several etiologies, including malignant and non-malignant causes ...
Saad Albugami, F. Al-Husayni, Abdullah Almalki, M. Dumyati, Ysear Zakri, J. Alrahimi   +5 more
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Gastropericardial fistula: getting to the heart of the matter. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Gastropericardial fistula is a rare life-threatening condition, being reported only 65 times in modern literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67 year-old man who presented with weight loss, chest pain and epigastric pain was found to have ...
Azzu, Vian
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Differential Impact of Constrictive Physiology after Pericardiocentesis in Malignancy Patients with Pericardial Effusion.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundEchocardiographic signs of constrictive physiology (CP) after pericardiocentesis are frequently observed in malignancy patients. The purpose of the current study was to explore whether features of CP after pericardiocentesis have prognostic ...
In-Jeong Cho, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Hyemoon Chung, Sang-Eun Lee, Chi Young Shim, Geu-Ru Hong, Jong-Won Ha, Namsik Chung   +7 more
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Causes and prognosis of symptomatic pericardial effusions treated by pericardiocentesis in an Asian academic medical centre.

Singapore medical journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION This study aimed to investigate the causes, clinical management and outcomes of clinically significant pericardial effusions, and evaluate the practice of pericardiocentesis within an academic medical centre in Singapore, a multiethnic ...
Xian Pei Cheong, L. Law, S. Seow, L. Tay, H. Tan, W. Yeo, A. Low, P. Kojodjojo   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pericardiocentesis Complicated by Pneumopericardium

JACC: Case Reports, 2019
This report presents the case of pneumopericardium with trapped air in the pericardial sac occurring after a pericardiocentesis, probably caused by air leakage secondary to a defect in the drainage system and/or accidental removal of the pericardial tube.
Susanne Anna Schlossbauer, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Francesco Faletra, Tardu Özkartal   +3 more
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Pneumopericardium as a Complication of Pericardiocentesis [PDF]

Korean Circulation Journal, 2011
Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis, occurring either as a result of direct pleuro-pericardial communication or a leaky drainage system. Air-fluid level surrounding the heart shadow within the pericardium on a chest X-ray is an early observation at diagnosis. This clinical measurement and process is variable, depending on the
You Mi Hwang, Mi Youn Park, Wook Sung Chung, Sei Won Kim, Woo Seung Shin, Jin Soo Min, Hui-Kyung Jeon, Jongmin Lee, Hye Yeon Lee, Byoung Yeon Jun, Yoon Seok Koh, Seung-Jae Lee, Woo Hyung Choi, Ki-Bae Seung   +13 more
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A rare case of iatrogenic coronary pseudoaneurysm following pericardiocentesis

IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2017
Though pericardiocentesis is generally considered a safe procedure, it is sometimes associated with serious complications. In this report, we describe a rare case of pericardiocentesis complicated by pseudoaneurysm, with an organized thrombus.
Vijaya Chandra Yerramareddy, Satyanarayanan Yogeeswari Vellore   +1 more
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