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Loch A, Teoh VWY, Hilmi IN. A Transesophageal Cardiovascular Intervention. Tex Heart Inst J 2023; 50:e238230. [PMID: 38087478 PMCID: PMC10751479 DOI: 10.14503/thij-23-8230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided transesophageal pericardiocentesis was performed for a posteriorly located effusion not amenable to transthoracic drainage in a 58-year-old woman with a history of recurrent breast adenocarcinoma who presented with dyspnea. The patient had a pericardial effusion that resulted in cardiac tamponade. Transthoracic pericardiocentesis was unsuitable because of the posterior location of the effusion. Pericardiocentesis via the transesophageal route was performed. The pericardial sac was punctured with a 19-gauge needle, and 245 mL of pericardial fluid were aspirated, resulting in the resolution of the tamponade physiology. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided transesophageal drainage is a novel and promising therapeutic option for posteriorly located pericardial effusions.
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- Alexander Loch
- Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Adler Y, Ristić AD, Imazio M, Brucato A, Pankuweit S, Burazor I, Seferović PM, Oh JK. Cardiac tamponade. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023; 9:36. [PMID: 37474539 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-023-00446-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency caused by the progressive accumulation of pericardial fluid (effusion), blood, pus or air in the pericardium, compressing the heart chambers and leading to haemodynamic compromise, circulatory shock, cardiac arrest and death. Pericardial diseases of any aetiology as well as complications of interventional and surgical procedures or chest trauma can cause cardiac tamponade. Tamponade can be precipitated in patients with pericardial effusion by dehydration or exposure to certain medications, particularly vasodilators or intravenous diuretics. Key clinical findings in patients with cardiac tamponade are hypotension, increased jugular venous pressure and distant heart sounds (Beck triad). Dyspnoea can progress to orthopnoea (with no rales on lung auscultation) accompanied by weakness, fatigue, tachycardia and oliguria. In tamponade caused by acute pericarditis, the patient can experience fever and typical chest pain increasing on inspiration and radiating to the trapezius ridge. Generally, cardiac tamponade is a clinical diagnosis that can be confirmed using various imaging modalities, principally echocardiography. Cardiac tamponade is preferably resolved by echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis. In patients who have recently undergone cardiac surgery and in those with neoplastic infiltration, effusive-constrictive pericarditis, or loculated effusions, fluoroscopic guidance can increase the feasibility and safety of the procedure. Surgical management is indicated in patients with aortic dissection, chest trauma, bleeding or purulent infection that cannot be controlled percutaneously. After pericardiocentesis or pericardiotomy, NSAIDs and colchicine can be considered to prevent recurrence and effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
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- Yehuda Adler
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Bnei Brak, Israel.
- College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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- Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Cardiothoracic Department, Cardiology, University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Friuli Centrale (ASUFC), Udine, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, The University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Cardiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia
- Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Dedinje" and Belgrade University, Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Oudeman MAP, Planken RN, Beijk MAM. Left internal mammary artery injury and subsequent hypovolemic shock due to a hemothorax after subxiphoid pericardiocentesis in a postoperative cardiac surgery patient. Clin Case Rep 2021; 9:2360-2364. [PMID: 33936695 PMCID: PMC8077242 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.4035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Multimodality imaging is recommended in patients in shock after seemingly uneventful pericardiocentesis. The aim of this study was to heighten awareness that LIMA injury can lead to a life-threatening hemothorax in postoperative cardiac surgery patients.
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- Maurice A. P. Oudeman
- Department of Cardiothoracic SurgeryAmsterdam University Medical CenterUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of radiology and nuclear medicineAmsterdam University Medical CenterUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of cardiologyAmsterdam University Medical CenterUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Baqi A, Ahmed I. Pericardiocentesis Indications and Complications: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Cureus 2020; 12:e10102. [PMID: 33005522 PMCID: PMC7522186 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Pericardiocentesis is crucial for the diagnosis and management of diseases responsible for significant pericardial effusions. Pericardiocentesis was performed the first time by Riolanus for cardiac tamponade. He described the process of trephination of the sternum to remove the abnormally accumulated fluid from the pericardial space. However, with the advancement of expertise in echocardiography assisted procedures, echocardiography-guided diagnostic and therapeutic pericardiocentesis is now considered standard clinical practice in the treatment of pericardial effusions. OBJECTIVES We aim to study different causes of pericardial effusion and indications of pericardiocentesis as well as complications associated with it in our population. METHODS This is a retrospective observational study done at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. We reviewed hospital record files of 66 patients admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital from January 2010 to December 2019 who underwent pericardiocentesis. RESULTS Out of 66 patients, 43 (65.2%) were male. The mean age of the study population was 48.59±18.9 years and 41 (62.1%) of them had underlying active malignancy with hematological malignancies being most common followed by lung carcinoma. In the majority of patients (71.2%), pericardiocentesis was performed at the bedside, and the rest of them (28.8%) underwent pericardiocentesis in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Of all the patients, 46 (69.7%) underwent pericardiocentesis under echocardiography guidance and 18 (27.3%) required fluoroscopy. Successful pericardiocentesis was performed in 65 (98.5%) of the patients, two (3%) patients developed access site infection and only one (1.5%) patient became hemodynamically unstable while undergoing pericardiocentesis Conclusion: Malignancy, predominantly lymphoma, is the most common cause of pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis. Dyspnea is the most common symptom of presentation with cardiac tamponade. Echocardiography is the commonly used imaging modality for pericardiocentesis. Bedside setting is the most common setting used for pericardiocentesis. Imaging guided pericardiocentesis has a very high success and low complication rate.
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- Abdul Baqi
- Cardiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PAK
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- Cardiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, PAK
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Percutaneous Treatment of Right Ventricular Rupture with ADO II device via the Subxiphoid Pericardial Window; After Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiac Tamponade. Anatol J Cardiol 2020; 25:360-362. [PMID: 33960313 DOI: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2020.37863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Narula J, Choudhury A, Sharma A. Pericardiocentesis can be nasty. Accidents do occur while "Rail-roading" Sheaths and pigtails! Ann Card Anaesth 2018; 21:290-292. [PMID: 30052218 PMCID: PMC6078033 DOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_115_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pericardiocentesis is a challenging procedure and complications may vary depending on the patient-specific risk factors and procedural indications. Cardiac chamber perforation and the subsequent insertion of pigtail catheter into the main pulmonary artery are an unreported mishap during attempted pericardiocentesis. This potentially life-threatening complication is completely preventable by identification of high-risk patients and appropriate use of available technologies. Adjunctive imaging decreases procedural risk for difficult-to-access pericardial fluid collections and must be used to prevent inadvertent morbidities.
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- Jitin Narula
- Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Kumar R, Sinha A, Lin MJ, Uchino R, Butryn T, O'Mara MS, Nanda S, Shirani J, Stawicki SP. Complications of pericardiocentesis: A clinical synopsis. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci 2015; 5:206-12. [PMID: 26557491 PMCID: PMC4613420 DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.165007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pericardiocentesis (PC) is both a diagnostic and a potentially life-saving therapeutic procedure. Currently echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis is considered the standard clinical practice in the treatment of large pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade. Although considered relatively safe, this invasive procedure may be associated with certain risks and potentially serious complications. This review provides a summary of pericardiocentesis and a focused overview of the potential complications of this procedure.
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- Rajan Kumar
- Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Surgery, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Surgery, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States ; Research and Innovation, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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