Why the study?
Does CT-guided percutaneous needle aspiration allow for successful drainage of postoperative pericardial fluid collections?
Population
A postsurgical cardiac patient with postoperative pericardial and paracardiac fluid collection
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May facilitate drainage of loculated postoperative pericardial collections; hypothesis-generating case report requiring prospective validation.
Does CT-guided percutaneous needle aspiration allow for successful drainage of postoperative pericardial fluid collections?
CT guidance is useful for percutaneous needle aspiration of postoperative pericardial fluid collections, especially given their often loculated and atypical nature.
Higgins et al. (1983) studied this question.
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