title: Iatrogenic Pneumopericardium After Pericardiocentesis.
abstract: A 65-year-old patient underwent pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade after radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia. Subsequent to stabilization, the patient developed pneumopericardium, which was detected in the catheterization laboratory and managed successfully by pericardial aspiration.
authors.forename: Krishna Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Mohanan Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India - 695011. kknnamboodiri@sctimst.ac.in.
authors.forename: Narayanan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Namboodiri
authors.forename: Bharatraj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Banavalikar
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan
authors.forename: Srinivasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ajitkumar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valaparambil
authors.forename: Jaganmohan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tharakan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020519:Pericardiocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome