Pericardioperitoneal window creation for recurrent pericardial tamponade: A case report and literature review
Hasan EKİM,
Meral EKİM
Abstract:Background: As a result of the increased life expectancy of cancer patients due to developing effective treatments applied, the incidence of secondary patterns such as malignant pericardial effusion has increased. Therefore, pericardial effusions leading to cardiac tamponade have been becoming an increasingly common emergency in medical practice. Although positive results are obtained with echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis or percutaneous catheter drainage in pericardial effusions causing tamponade, t… Show more
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