Pericardial window as a surgical method for preventing significant postoperative pericardial effusion

• Published in: Vestnik transplantologii i iskusstvennykh organov Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 57 - 62
• Main Authors: Kiryakov, K. S., Zakiryanov, A. R., Khalilulin, T. A., Zakharevich, N. Y., Pozdnyakov, O. A., Goltz, А. M., Ivanov, D. S., Sukhachev, A. A., Zakharevich, V. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 15.07.2023

Postoperative pericardial effusion (PPE) represents a very common complication in cardiac surgery. Accumulation of a significant amount of free fluid in the pericardial cavity is a multifactorial process. Identifying the cause is not always possible. This complication occurs more frequently in patie...