Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for the treatment of infected pericardial effusion with tamponade.
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.
Aqel
Raed
R
Birmingham VA Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Mehta
Deval
D
Zoghbi
Gilbert J
GJ
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents