Why the study?
Does pericardiocentesis followed by systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy improve survival and control effusion in patients with cardiac tamponade secondary to disseminated breast carcinoma?
Population
3 patients with cardiac tamponade secondary to disseminated breast carcinoma
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support pericardiocentesis plus chemotherapy for malignant effusion in breast cancer; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does pericardiocentesis followed by systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy improve survival and control effusion in patients with cardiac tamponade secondary to disseminated breast carcinoma?
Pericardiocentesis followed by systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy may effectively control malignant pericardial effusion and extend survival in patients with disseminated breast carcinoma.
Ramakrishnan et al. (1988) studied this question.
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