(UPDATED) Cancer patients who experience pericardial effusion, either due to their malignancy or in reaction to chemotherapy or radiotherapy, may have better long-term outcomes if they receive ...

Dublin, Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Pericardiocentesis Procedures Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2019 - 2027" report has been added to ...

Myocardial Laceration Not Demonstrated by Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring Occurring during Pericardiocentesis, New England Journal of Medicine, 292, 23, (1222-1223), (2010). /doi/full ...

Chest radiograph of a 48-year-old man after pericardiocentesis, showing air entrapment (asterisk) between the cardiac silhouette and the thin, radiolucent line of the pericardium (arrows).

Cardiac tamponade is an important medical emergency, and physicians on duty in a small hospital with no surgical backup and limited experience with pericardiocentesis can use the new scoring ...

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All 10 patients underwent pericardiocentesis and placement of a pericardial drain. The median duration of mechanical fluid drainage was 4.5 days (range 2–11 days).

Options for intervention include percutaneous or surgical drainage. There is a paucity of data directly comparing efficacy of these interventions. This study compares efficacy of surgical pericardial ...

Two hundred nineteen patients underwent pericardiocentesis during the study period. The effusion was cancer-related in 43.8% of cases. Median survival was 59.6 weeks (95% CI, 24.3 to 94.8 weeks).