Key result
Pericardioscopy and epicardial biopsy establish specific diagnoses in patients with pericardial effusion.
Why the study?
Pericardioscopy is a new diagnostic tool for macroscopic visualization of epicardial and pericardial alterations in pericardial and perimyocardial disease.
Does pericardioscopy and epicardial biopsy allow for specific diagnosis in patients with pericardial effusion due to inflammatory perimyocardial disease?
Population
35 patients with pericardial effusion due to inflammatory perimyocardial disease
Comparison
Pericardioscopy and optically guided epicardial and pericardial biopsies
Design
Observational case series using 8F endoscope (flexible fibreglass or rigid 110 degree)
Authors
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May aid etiology-specific diagnosis in pericardial effusion; leaves open need for prospective validation before wider use.
Observational (n=35)
Does pericardioscopy and epicardial biopsy allow for specific diagnosis in patients with pericardial effusion due to inflammatory perimyocardial disease?
Pericardioscopy with optically guided biopsy is a feasible diagnostic tool that can establish a specific etiology in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion.
Maisch et al. (1994) conducted an observational in Pericardial effusion due to inflammatory perimyocardial disease (n=35). Pericardioscopy and epicardial biopsy was evaluated on Classification of the form of pericarditis. Pericardioscopy and epicardial biopsy established a specific diagnosis in 35 patients with pericardial effusion, including lymphocytic perimyocarditis (n=16) and viral pericarditis (n=7).
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