Novel approach to intraprocedural cardiac tamponade: Dual-site drainage with continuous suction

Heart Rhythm. 2016 Oct;13(10):2091-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.07.013. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

Authors

Carlos Macias¹, Kalyanam Shivkumar¹, Roderick Tung²

Affiliations

¹ UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, California.
² The University of Chicago Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Center for Arrhythmia Care, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: rodericktung@uchicago.edu.

PMID: 27424076
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.07.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Perforation; Pericardiocentesis; Tamponade.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery*
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology
Cardiac Tamponade / surgery*
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardiocentesis / methods*
Suction / methods