The two-pigtail technique for emergency pericardiocentesis can be used as a rescue strategy for failed pericardial drainage to avoid open-chest surgery.
Acute cardiac tamponade is a life threatening complication of interventional procedures usually requiring immediate management.Open-chest surgery is needed occasionally when emergency percutaneous pericardial drainage was failed,which is accompanied with higher mortality and cost.This report describes a twopigtail technique for failed pericardial drainage to avoid surgical intervention.
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