Pericardial Effusions in Patients With Malignant Diseases
- 1 July 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 135 (7) , 976-977
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1975.00330070098016
Abstract
Six consecutive patients with malignant disease who developed a pericardial effusion were successfully treated with a single pericardiocentesis (two patients) or with indwelling pericardial catheter drainage (four patients). There were no complications in either group. Short-term catheter drainage appears to be a safe and effective alternative to surgical establishment of a pericardial window.Keywords
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