title: Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for the treatment of infected pericardial effusion with tamponade.
abstract: Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy has been used as an alternative for surgically created pericardial window mainly for the management of malignant pericardial effusions in critically ill patients. We describe a patient with purulent pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade who was treated successfully and without complications with percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aqel
authors.forename: Deval
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Gilbert J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D000075202:Contraindications; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020621:Ochrobactrum anthropi; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents