title: Modern approaches and use of surgical treatment for pericardial disease.
abstract: Pericardial disease can include both effusive and constrictive processes. Surgical therapy for such processes encompasses a number of treatment options. In recent years, several other options have emerged as alternatives to the more traditional open surgical procedures, including video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures, balloon pericardiotomy, pericardial to peritoneal windows, and intrapericardial sclerosis. This review focuses on the different surgical alternatives for treating pericardial disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, 543 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.
authors.forename: Edward P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Joseph I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000601:surgery; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery