The following is a summary of “Cardiogenic shock in systemic sclerosis: a retrospective study of acute ventricular ...

A study was conducted to assess the effect of not using postprocedural drains in patients receiving epicardial access on risk for complications.

The role of echocardiography during electrophysiological procedures, or during pericardiocentesis, is not discussed in this article and ...

3 Patients with cardiac tamponade should undergo urgent therapeutic pericardiocentesis. Pericardiocentesis should also be considered for patients with large effusions without tamponade, in the rare ...

In the cited meta-analysis, colchicine was associated with reduced risk of treatment failure (OR: 0.23) and recurrent pericarditis (OR: 0.39), but with a trend toward more adverse effects. [34 ...