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Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy for Patients With Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade

Key Points Pericardiocentesis is a catheter-based procedure in which fluid is aspirated from the pericardium. It is indicated in patients with cardiac tamponade, for large pericardial effusions (usually >2 cm), for moderate effusions (10 to 20 mm) in symptomatic patients,…

Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty for Patients with Rheumatic Mitral and Tricuspid Stenosis

Before 1982, cardiac surgery was the conventional form of treatment for symptomatic stenotic valvular heart disease lesions. Today, percutaneous balloon dilation of stenotic cardiac valves is being used in many centers for the treatment of patients with pulmonic, mitral, aortic,…

Pericardiocentesis and Pericardial Intervention

Open full size image Introduction Pericardial disease reflects a wide range of clinical presentations and pathologies, from acute pericarditis to cardiac tamponade. Unlike coronary artery disease, heart failure, or valvular heart disease, however, there are few randomized clinical trial data…