Mechanism of pericardial window creation by balloon pericardiotomy

Surgical creation of a pericardial window has been the standard procedure for relieving symptoms of patients with recurrent pericardial effusion due to pericardial metastasis. 1 Recent preliminary reports indicated that percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy was a safe and efficacious alternative to su...

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Published inThe American journal of cardiology Vol. 72; no. 17; pp. 1321 - 1322
Main Authors Chow, Louis Tsun-Cheung, Chow, Wing-Hing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.1993
Elsevier
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular disease
Catheterization
Diseases of the pericardium
Female
Health care
Heart
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion - etiology
Pericardial Effusion - therapy
Pericardial Window Techniques - instrumentation
Pericardiectomy - instrumentation
Pericardiectomy - methods
Human
Effusion
Instrumentation therapy
Cuffed tube
Cardiovascular disease
Malignant tumor
Metastasis
Pericardium
Heart disease
Pericardial disease
Complication
Technique
Pericardotomy
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Summary:Surgical creation of a pericardial window has been the standard procedure for relieving symptoms of patients with recurrent pericardial effusion due to pericardial metastasis. 1 Recent preliminary reports indicated that percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy was a safe and efficacious alternative to surgical pericardial window for the treatment of refractory pericardial effusion. 2,3 The present in vitro study is designed to evaluate the mechanism of this nonsurgical creation of pericardial window using the Inoue balloon catheter.
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ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/0002-9149(93)90307-X