Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion ... percutaneously through a subxiphoid approach. A surgical pericardial window can be done to create communication between the pericardial ...

Physical exam findings of cardiac tamponade include sinus tachycardia ... A surgical approach using a “pericardial window” is performed when there is concern that the pericardial fluid ...

[43] Pericardiectomy is almost never indicated for recurrent pericarditis, except in cases with repeated recurrences with cardiac tamponade ... invasive (e.g., pericardial window either by ...

Acute pericardial disease (acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade) was the first manifestation of previously unknown malignancies in 18 out of 450 patients (4.0%) and lung cancer was the most ...

of mercury. There were, however, individual variations in technic in the preparation, positioning and maintenance of the balloon tamponade. The Sengstaken-Blakemore tube was employed on 81 ...