Key result
Fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis resulted in 13 major complications among 352 cases (3.7%), with no significant difference between post-surgical and non-surgical effusions.
Why the study?
What is the safety profile and complication rate of fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis with an indwelling catheter for surgical and non-surgical pericardial effusions?
Population
352 cases of pericardial effusions (208 after cardiac surgery, 144 of non-surgical origin)
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis via the subxiphoid approach is a safe method for pericardial drainage in both surgical and non-surgical effusions.
Observational (n=352)
What is the safety profile and complication rate of fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis with an indwelling catheter for surgical and non-surgical pericardial effusions?
Fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis via the subxiphoid approach is a safe method for pericardial drainage in both surgical and non-surgical effusions.
Duvernoy et al. (1992) conducted an observational in Pericardial effusion (n=352). Fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis for post-cardiac surgery effusions vs. Pericardiocentesis for non-surgical effusions was evaluated on Major complications. Fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous pericardiocentesis resulted in 13 major complications among 352 cases (3.7%), with no significant difference between post-surgical and non-surgical effusions.
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