title: Video-assisted transportal pericardial window.
abstract: Pericardial interventions for the diagnosis and treatment of pericardial disease has been evolving since the 17th century. The controversy over opened or closed procedures, the optimal guidance modality, and techniques for the creation of pericardial windows continues to be debated. This report describes two patients who received the endoscopic approach to creating a pericardial window.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Selig
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jafari
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sipes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording