P699Facing malignant pericardial effusion. What to do first: pericardiocentesis or percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy?
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Pericardiocentesis versus pericardiotomy for malignant pericardial effusion: a retrospective comparison.
BACKGROUND Treatment of malignant pericardial effusion remains controversial, because no randomized controlled trials have been conducted to determine the best approach, and results of retrospective studies have been inconsistent. The objective of the present study was to compare pericardiocentesis and pericardiotomy with respect to efficacy for preventing recurrence, and to determine, for thos...
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BACKGROUND Recurrent symptomatic pericardial effusion can complicate different cardiac and extracardiac diseases. When recurrent pericardial effusion after drainage with conventional catheter techniques occurred the creation of a pericardial window by open surgery used to be the unique treatment available until the recent development of percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy. OBJECTIVE The aim o...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.p699