ALLMedicine™ Pericardial Effusion Center

Jul 29th, 2020 - Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration via the esophagus using the endobronchial endoscope (EUS-B-FNA) is increasingly being performed by the pulmonologist for the diagnosis of lung cancer, but we have little experience and data available in the lite...

Jul 24th, 2020 - Purulent pericardial effusion is a rare and life-threatening complication of pyogenic liver abscess if not diagnosed and intervened early. Due to its nonspecific presentation, diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess is challenging. Herein, we discuss ...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - Constrictive pericarditis refers to focal or global thickening of pericardium causing impedance to diastolic filling and increased systemic venous pressure. We discuss a case of thymic carcinoma presenting as constrictive pericarditis. A 70-year-o...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Identifying penetrating cardiac injury in hemodynamically stable patients can be challenging especially when the patient has no signs of cardiac tamponade and no pericardial effusion identified on transthoracic echocardiography. In this case repor...

Jul 15th, 2020 - Pericardial effusion develops due to different etiologies. The main goals of our study are to understand the etiology and determine whether the amount of pericardial effusion is significant in terms of malignancy. 142 patients with pericardial eff...

Jul 29th, 2020 - Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration via the esophagus using the endobronchial endoscope (EUS-B-FNA) is increasingly being performed by the pulmonologist for the diagnosis of lung cancer, but we have little experience and data available in the lite...

Jul 24th, 2020 - Purulent pericardial effusion is a rare and life-threatening complication of pyogenic liver abscess if not diagnosed and intervened early. Due to its nonspecific presentation, diagnosis of pyogenic liver abscess is challenging. Herein, we discuss ...

Jul 23rd, 2020 - Constrictive pericarditis refers to focal or global thickening of pericardium causing impedance to diastolic filling and increased systemic venous pressure. We discuss a case of thymic carcinoma presenting as constrictive pericarditis. A 70-year-o...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Identifying penetrating cardiac injury in hemodynamically stable patients can be challenging especially when the patient has no signs of cardiac tamponade and no pericardial effusion identified on transthoracic echocardiography. In this case repor...

Jul 15th, 2020 - Pericardial effusion develops due to different etiologies. The main goals of our study are to understand the etiology and determine whether the amount of pericardial effusion is significant in terms of malignancy. 142 patients with pericardial eff...

Sep 5th, 2019 - Background: In 2018, a male aged 62 years with a history of squamous cell tonsillar cancer, which was successfully treated by concurrent chemoradiation and selective neck dissection in 2014, was diagnosed with primary right sided lung adenocarcino.

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.

May 4th, 2016 - Tough Cardiac Window? Try These Tips A subxiphoid window is typically used to assess for pericardial effusion. To obtain this view, the clinician usually needs to increase the depth setting by a few centimeters (typically to around 18 cm).

Apr 27th, 2016 - Hemorrhagic pericardial effusion with associated cardiac tamponade as a de novo sign of malignancy is seen in about 2% of patients. 1 Consequently, cardiac tamponade is an oncologic emergency and considered a unique presentation of a malignancy.

May 1st, 2015 - Pericarditis is in most cases a one-time disease simply treated with anti-inflammatory drugs. It requires no extensive workup for systemic inflammatory or autoimmune disease.