Safety of subxyphoid pericardial access using a blunt-tip needle

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 891-893

  Mannam, Arjuna P ^a   Ho, Kalon K K ^b   Cultip, Donald E ^b   Carrozza, Joseph P ^b   Cohen, David J ^b   Lorell, Beverly H ^b   Laham, Roger J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRAINAGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PILOT PROJECTS; XIPHOID BONE;

EID: 0036532575     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02211-7     Document Type: Article

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