Pericardioperitoneal shunt for the treatment of refractory non-malignant pericardial effusion

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  Figure 1:. Chest radiography and echocardiography on initial admission (a and b), at discharge (c), on readmission (d) and at 3-year follow-up (e).

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  Figure 2:. Placement of a pericardioperitoneal shunt. Illustration of shunt positioning (a). The inflow end of the shunt was placed in the pericardial space, whereas the abdominal end was tunnelled subcutaneously and inserted into the peritoneal cavity. The computed tomography images of the shunt (green): frontal (b) and left-side (c) views (A color version of this figure appears in the online version of this article).