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Chylopericardial tamponade [PDF]

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2006
Pericardial tamponade is a life-threatening emergency. Chyle is a rare cause of pericardial effusion and can lead to cardiac tamponade. This case illustrates the presentation, work-up and operative video of a patient in pericardial tamponade secondary to chylopericardium.
Moishe, Liberman, Jean-Jacques, Klopfenstein   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Access and non–access site bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events:Systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The prognostic impact of site-specific major bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has yielded conflicting data.
Buchan, Iain, de Belder, Mark A., Khan, Muhammad A., Kinnaird, Tim, Kwok, Chun Shing, Loke, Yoon K., Ludman, Peter F., Mamas, Mamas A, Nolan, James, Rao, Sunil V., Sperrin, Matt   +10 more
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Tamponade and massive pleural effusions secondary to peripherally inserted central catheter in neonates–A complication to be aware of

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundPeripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) are frequently used in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) to assist premature and critically ill neonates.
Rana Zareef, Rana Zareef, Mariam Anka, Taha Hatab, Issam El Rassi, Issam El Rassi, Khalid Yunis, Khalid Yunis, Fadi Bitar, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi, Mariam Arabi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G., Fabian, Timothy C., Feliciano, David V., Ivatury, Rao R., Kirkpatrick, Andrew W., Lucas, Charles E., Moore, Ernest E., Roberts, Derek J., Stelfox, Henry T., Zygun, David A.   +9 more
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Contact force sensing in ablation of ventricular arrhythmias using a 56-hole open-irrigation catheter: a propensity-matched analysis. [PDF]

, 2021
PURPOSE: The effect of adding contact force (CF) sensing to 56-hole tip irrigation in ventricular arrhythmia (VA) ablation has not been previously studied.
A Sarkozy, AA Hendriks, E Black-Maier, F Sacher, H Gonna, I Elsokkari, J Mallidi, JM Guerra, JR Winterfield, KH Kuck, L Jesel, M Casella, N Gallagher, P Jaïs, P Neuzil, T Reichlin, VY Reddy   +16 more
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Near-infrared spectroscopy after high-risk congenital heart surgery in the paediatric intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: To establish whether the use of near-infrared spectroscopy is potentially beneficial in high-risk cardiac infants in United Kingdom paediatric intensive care units. Design: A prospective observational pilot study.
Hovarth, Lyvonne N. Tume, MacLeod, Meastiz, Philip Arnold, Plowman   +5 more
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Purulent bacterial pericarditis from Staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Case Reports, 2019
Purulent pericarditis is a rare condition in the modern antibiotic era. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients with pericardial effusions and radiographic and laboratory investigations consistent with infection.
Adam Kaye, Gregory A. Peters, Joshua W. Joseph, Matthew L. Wong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selective Use of Pericardial Window and Drainage as Sole Treatment for Hemopericardium from Penetrating Chest Trauma [PDF]

, 2018
Background Penetrating cardiac injuries (PCIs) are highly lethal, and a sternotomy is considered mandatory for suspected PCI. Recent literature suggests pericardial window (PCW) may be sufficient for superficial cardiac injuries to drain hemopericardium
Chestovich, Paul J., MD, Clark, Esmeralda, Fildes, John J., Fraser, Douglas R., Kuhls, Deborah A., McNicoll, Christopher F., Patel, Purvi P.   +6 more
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation simulation-based training: methods, drawbacks and a novel solution [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Patients under the error-prone and complication-burdened extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are looked after by a highly trained, multidisciplinary team.
Abbes Amira, Abdullah Alsalemi, Alsalemi A, Brindley PG, Fayçal Bensaali, Guillaume Alinier, Lansdowne W, Lazzeri C, Mohammed Al Disi, Morris RW, Yahya Alhomsi   +10 more
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A Life-Threatening Presentation of Primary Small Cell Colorectal Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma as Cardiac Tamponade and Its Challenging Management

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Colorectal NHL is quite aggressive and rare, forming only less than 1% of all cases of colorectal cancer. The pericardium is an extremely rare first site of metastasis. Cardiac tamponade can be a life-threatening initial presentation. We report a 55-year-
Amr Elkammash, Mohamed Ayman Abdel-Hay, Saleh Kanaan, Mustafa Alsinan, Yosra Taha, Mohammed Fadul, Nourhan Degheidy   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source