Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for the treatment of large, nonmalignant pericardial effusions in children: Immediate and medium-term results

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-100

  Thanopoulos, Basil D ^a   Georgakopoulos, Dimitri ^b   Tsaousis, George S ^a   Triposkiadis, Filippos ^a   Paphitis, Christos A ^a  

^a Aghia Sophia General Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b Cardiac Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

balloon pericardiotomy; children; pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; PERICARDIECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031029170     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199701)40:1<97::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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