Pericardial effusion

Case Report

Old But Forgotten Art of Palliative Therapy for Recurrent Malignant Pericardial Effusion by Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy

04/30/2017

Neelima Katukuri, MD, Moses Osoro, MD, Gayathri Baljepally, MD, Raj Baljepally, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee

Neelima Katukuri, MD, Moses Osoro, MD...

Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy offers an alternative in critically ill patients. It can be viewed as a percutaneous variant of the subxiphoid approach to creating a surgical window; however, it is less invasive and less traumatic.

Percutaneous balloon...

04/30/2017

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