Pericardiocentesis

Case Study

A Remarkable Finding Complicating Pericardiocentesis

07/09/2017

Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Nissi Suppogu, MD, Cardiology Hospitalist, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, Kevin Floyd, MD,
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts

Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fell...

Right ventricular perforation during emergent pericardiocentesis is an unfortunate but known complication of the procedure. However, right ventricular perforation with resultant endocardial and epicardial thrombi has never been described as a...

Right ventricular perforation...

07/09/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

A Remarkable Finding Complicating Pericardiocentesis

07/09/2017

Brett Hiendlmayr, MD, Cardiology Fell...

Right ventricular perforation...

07/09/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Images

Iatrogenic Pneumopericardium After Pericardiocentesis

12/01/2016

Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, MBBS, MD, DM; Narayanan Namboodiri, MBBS, MD, DM; Bharatraj Banavalikar, MBBS, MD, DM; Arun Gopalakrishnan, MBBS, MD, DM; Srinivasa Prasad, MBBS, MD; Ajitkumar Valaparambil, MBBS, MD, DM; JaganmohanTharakan, MBBS, MD, DM

Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, MBBS, MD,...

A 65-year-old patient underwent pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade after radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia. Subsequent to stabilization, the patient developed pneumopericardium, which was detected in the...

A 65-year-old patient underwent...

12/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology