Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for the treatment of cardiac tamponade and large pericardial effusions: Description of technique and report of the first 50 cases

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-5

  Ziskind, Andrew A ^a   Pearce, A Craig ^a   Lemmon, Cyndi C ^a   Burstein, Steven ^b   Gimple, Lawrence W ^c   Herrmann, Howard C ^d   McKay, Raymond ^e   Block, Peter C ^f   Waldman, Howard ^g   Palacios, Igor F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f St Vincent's Hospital   (United States)

^g Satem Hospital ^*  (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027510128     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90710-I     Document Type: Article

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