Key result
Inoue balloon pericardiotomy prevents malignant pericardial effusion recurrence for seven months in lung cancer.
Why the study?
Management of massive pericardial effusions in patients with malignancies and poor clinical condition requires effective non-surgical approaches.
Does percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using an Inoue balloon manage recurrent cardiac tamponade in a patient with lung cancer?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using an Inoue balloon manage recurrent cardiac tamponade in a patient with lung cancer?
Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using an Inoue balloon may be a helpful, minimally invasive option for managing massive pericardial effusions in patients with malignancies and poor clinical condition.
A 32-year-old man with lung cancer involving pericarditis carcinomatosa underwent pericardiotomy, using an Inoue balloon dilating catheter, to create a non-surgical pericardial window. The procedure was performed from the thoracic wall to the left pleural effusion and parietal pericardium under local anesthesia. The effects of non-surgical pericardial window had been maintained until this patient died from his primary disease. It is concluded that percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is helpful in the management of massive pericardial effusions particularly in patients with malignancies and poor clinical condition
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Ohke et al. (2000) conducted a case report in Recurrent cardiac tamponade (n=1). Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using Inoue balloon was evaluated on Reaccumulation of malignant pericardial effusion. Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy using an Inoue balloon successfully prevented the reaccumulation of malignant pericardial effusion for seven months in a patient with lung cancer.
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