ALLMedicine Pericardiocentesis Center

May 26th, 2020 - Isolated chylopericardium after cardiac surgery is extremely rare, but potentially fatal. We present an unusual case of late postoperative chylopericardium causing cardiac tamponade 6 weeks after mitral valve repair, tricuspid annuloplasty and lef...

May 23rd, 2020 - Pyopneumopericardium related to bungee jumping is a rare occurrence in the current antibiotic era. We present a case of esophagus-seeded Streptococcus sanguinis pyopneumopericardium in a young man with tuberculosis who had just completed bungee ju...

Apr 7th, 2020 - Pericardial effusion (PE) prognosis depends on the underlying etiology. We sought to assess the outcome of patients with chronic (>3 months), large (diastolic echo-free space >2 cm), idiopathic (without apparent etiology), C-reactive protein (CRP)...

Apr 3rd, 2020 - Acute hemopericardium during cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures may result in significant blood loss and is the most common cause of procedure-related death. Matched allogeneic blood is often not immediately available. The feasibility and s...

Mar 9th, 2020 - Although rare in the general pediatric population, the incidence of pericardial effusion is significantly higher in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) with a reported incidence of up to 16.9%. The development of...

May 26th, 2020 - Isolated chylopericardium after cardiac surgery is extremely rare, but potentially fatal. We present an unusual case of late postoperative chylopericardium causing cardiac tamponade 6 weeks after mitral valve repair, tricuspid annuloplasty and lef...

May 23rd, 2020 - Pyopneumopericardium related to bungee jumping is a rare occurrence in the current antibiotic era. We present a case of esophagus-seeded Streptococcus sanguinis pyopneumopericardium in a young man with tuberculosis who had just completed bungee ju...

Apr 7th, 2020 - Pericardial effusion (PE) prognosis depends on the underlying etiology. We sought to assess the outcome of patients with chronic (>3 months), large (diastolic echo-free space >2 cm), idiopathic (without apparent etiology), C-reactive protein (CRP)...

Apr 3rd, 2020 - Acute hemopericardium during cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures may result in significant blood loss and is the most common cause of procedure-related death. Matched allogeneic blood is often not immediately available. The feasibility and s...

Mar 9th, 2020 - Although rare in the general pediatric population, the incidence of pericardial effusion is significantly higher in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) with a reported incidence of up to 16.9%. The development of...

Nov 10th, 2017 - Pericardiocentesis In the event of obstructive shock or pulseless electric activity with visualized or suspected tamponade, pericardiocentesis is considered standard of care. There are many approaches to performing a pericardiocentesis, including.

Oct 24th, 2017 - A patient with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) came to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia, after 2 weeks of dyspnea. He was diagnosed with cardiac tamponade and received urgent pericardiocentesis.

Dec 18th, 2014 - Action Points Rifamycin for 3 months or more in patients with latent TB was efficacious at preventing active TB, potentially more so than isoniazid alone. In patients with tuberculous pericarditis, most of whom also had HIV, prednisolone did not h...

Sep 2nd, 2014 - Neither standard anti-inflammatory therapy using prednisolone nor an experimental immunotherapy using Mycobacterium indicus pranii injections reduced the composite outcome of death, cardiac tamponade requiring pericardiocentesis, or constrictive p.

Jul 9th, 2014 - TURIN, ITALY ( updated ) — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases has developed a stepwise scoring system to identify patients who need immediate pericardiocentesis and patients who can safely...