Safety of subxyphoid pericardial access using a blunt-tip needle.
Mannam
Arjuna P
AP
Angiogenesis Research Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Ho
Kalon K K
KK
Cultip
Donald E
DE
Carrozza
Joseph P
JP
Cohen
David J
DJ
Lorell
Beverly H
BH
Laham
Roger J
RJ
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000601:surgery*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014989:Xiphoid Bone