Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy: The procedure uses a long thin tube with a balloon attached to drain fluid out through the tube.
Noninfectious pericarditis mainly includes autoimmune systemic diseases, post-pericardiotomy syndromes and neoplastic pericardial disease. Treatment should be targeted to the cause, but remains ...
The technique requires an anterolateral mini thoracotomy, pericardiotomy, identification of the apex, then puncture of the left ventricle using a needle through purse ring sutures. Subsequently ...