Minimally invasive drainage of pericardial effusion can be done with the aid of a catheter, transxiphoid procedures or by opening a pericardial window [4–6]. When choosing a drainage method, the stage ...

Pericardial window operation, a procedure, where abnormal quantity of malignant fluid, or malignant pericardial effusion (MPE), surrounding the heart, is drained into the neighbouring chest cavity ...

Background. Recurrent symptomatic pericardial effusion can complicate different cardiac and extracardiac diseases. When recurrent pericardial effusion after drainage with conventional catheter ...

The basis of the treatment includes systemic antineoplastic drugs, pericardiocentesis for diagnosis and symptom relief, and intrapericardial instillation of antineoplastic agents. Pericardial effusion ...

Methods: We retrospectively identified pericardial effusion patients from January 2015 to December 2019. Moderate to large PEff was defined as PEff requiring either pericardiocentesis or pericardial ...

Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade is a rarely reported complication following stem cell transplant (SCT). The incidence among pediatric SCT recipients is not well defined. To assess the ...

Pericardial window with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is an effective procedure for malignant pericardial effusion. In this article, we share the results of our patients who were ...