Why the study?
Does pericardial biopsy improve the diagnostic yield compared to pericardial fluid analysis in patients with moderate to severe pericardial effusion?
Population
76 patients with moderate to severe pericardial effusion who underwent surgical pericardial biopsy between…
Comparison
Pericardial biopsy vs Pericardial fluid analysis and clinical diagnosis
Design
Cohort
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Pericardial biopsy should not routinely supplant fluid analysis given low yield; leaves open its role in selected effusion cases.
Does pericardial biopsy improve the diagnostic yield compared to pericardial fluid analysis in patients with moderate to severe pericardial effusion?
Pericardial biopsy has a low diagnostic yield (25%) and is not superior to pericardial fluid analysis for determining the etiology of moderate to severe pericardial effusion.
Park et al. (1999) studied this question.
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