Why the study?
Injury to the coronary vessels or ventricular wall resulting in recurrent tamponade is a rare, life-threatening complication of pericardiocentesis.
Highlights a rare but life-threatening complication of pericardiocentesis involving acute marginal artery laceration.
Alerts clinicians to rare arterial laceration risk during pericardiocentesis; case reports leave open true incidence and prevention.
The safety of pericardiocentesis as a therapy for cardiac tamponade has improved since the advent of echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis. The most life-threatening, albeit rare, complication is injury to the coronary vessels or ventricular wall resulting in recurrent tamponade. We present a rare case of acute marginal artery laceration resulting from pericardiocentesis. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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