Pericardial tamponade and large pericardial effusions - Causal factors and efficacy of percutaneous catheter drainage in 50 patients

Kabukcu M., Demircioglu F., Yanik E., BAŞARICI İ., Ersel F.

TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL, vol.31, no.4, pp.398-403, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Journal Name: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.398-403
  • Keywords: arthritis, rheumatoid/complications, cardiac tamponade/therapy, catheters, indwelling, drainage/methods, echocardiography, lupus erythematosus, systemic/complications, neoplasms/complications, pericardial effusion/ultrasonography, pericardiocentesis/methods, pericarditis/complications, punctures/methods, uremia/complications, SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS, CARDIAC-TAMPONADE, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, MEDICAL PATIENTS, PERICARDIOCENTESIS, MANAGEMENT, DIAGNOSIS, ERA
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In 50 patients treated from January 1998 through March 2002 for pericardial effusion and tamponade, we retrospectively investigated the efficacy of percutanecus placement of an indwelling pericardial catheter guided by 2-dimensional echocardiography and fluoroscopy We also investigated causation.