Population
139 patients with organic heart diseases undergoing 159 suprasternal and left ventricular punctures
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Should not alter practice amid noninvasive imaging; leaves open feasibility questions for contemporary validation.
Percutaneous suprasternal and left ventricular puncture is a feasible diagnostic technique with a high success rate for obtaining pressure readings, though it carries a risk of pneumothorax.
Haghfelt et al. (1973) studied this question.
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