Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for patients with recurrent pericardial effusion: using a novel double-balloon technique with one long and one short balloon.
Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is effective and less invasive for the treatment of recurrent pericardial effusion. This study suggests that the double-balloon method with 1 longer and 1 shorter balloon is the procedure of choice for percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy.
Hsu
K L
KL
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Republic of China.
Tsai
C H
CH
Chiang
F T
FT
Lo
H M
HM
Tseng
C D
CD
Ho
S G
SG
Tseng
Y Z
YZ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000628:therapy*; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence