pericardiocentesis
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Indications
- therapeutic release of tamponade
- analysis of pericardial effusion
- diagnosis of suspected myocardial/pericardial infectious or malignant process
Procedure
- subxiphoid or apical approach
- ECG &/or echocardiographic guidance
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015, 2018.
- ↑ Tsang TS, Freeman WK, Sinak LJ, Seward JB. Echocardiographically guided pericardiocentesis: evolution and state-of-the-art technique. Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Jul;73(7):647-52. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9663193