Why the study?
Does CT-guided pericardiocentesis allow for successful catheter placement in patients with postoperative loculated pericardial effusion?
Population
10 patients with pericardial effusion who have recently undergone cardiac surgery
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Suggests CT guidance feasible for loculated effusions when standard imaging fails; hypothesis-generating from one case and requires prospective validation.
Does CT-guided pericardiocentesis allow for successful catheter placement in patients with postoperative loculated pericardial effusion?
CT-guided pericardiocentesis is a feasible alternative for draining loculated postoperative pericardial effusions when echocardiographic or fluoroscopic guidance is difficult.
Duvernoy et al. (1996) studied this question.
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