Characteristics of recurrent pericardial effusions.

Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy in the management of recurrent malignant pericardial effusions.

Two patients with recurrent symptomatic pericardial effusions secondary to malignant disease were successfully treated by percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy. Open surgery was avoided and the procedure was completed under local anaesthesia in less than 40 minutes. The first patient was free of recurrence at nine months but pericardial effusion recurred at two months in the second patient. Percu...

Management of pericardial effusion.

Pericardial effusion is a common finding in clinical practice either as incidental finding or manifestation of a systemic or cardiac disease. The spectrum of pericardial effusions ranges from mild asymptomatic effusions to cardiac tamponade. The aetiology is varied (infectious, neoplastic, autoimmune, metabolic, and drug-related), being tuberculosis the leading cause of pericardial effusions in...

Recurrent pleural effusions and cardiac tamponade as possible manifestations of pseudoprogression associated with nivolumab therapy– a report of two cases

BACKGROUND Checkpoint inhibitors are a class of agents that employ host's adaptive immune defenses in fighting cancer. With many new indications and several ongoing clinical trials in a variety of malignancies, the usage of these agents is set to increase significantly. One of the key challenges patients and physicians face while using these drugs is with the appropriate assessment of response ...

Intrapericardial treatment of persistent autoreactive pericarditis/myopericarditis and pericardial effusion.

For the quite small international group of cardiologists specializing in diseases of the pericardium, the most vexing of these is recurrent pericarditis. Virtually never due to an identifiable microorganism or systemic disease (at least after the index attack), most patients have either recurrent pericardial effusions or, more often, extremely unpleasant, disabling chest pain which nearly alway...

A rare cause of recurrent massive pericardial and pleural effusions.