A new study by Becit and colleagues has shown that subxiphoid pericardiostomy is safe and effective in the treatment of pericardial effusions. The researchers carried out a retrospective review of the ...

An IRB-approved retrospective review of the medical records of 409 consecutive HSCT recipients, who underwent transplant between January 2012 and April 2016 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical ...

Monitoring pericardial effusion on serial transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) provides useful prognostic information in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), research suggests. New or ...

Pericardial involvement is common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and, when combined with a focused clinical and echocardiographic evaluation, may help identify those at higher risk for ...

Prediction of MYCN Amplification in Neuroblastoma Using Serum DNA and Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Pericardial tamponade is a life-threatening disorder caused by varying medical ...

A 58-year-old woman presents to the hospital reporting fatigue, swelling of the legs and feet, and shortness of breath. She explains that her symptoms have been getting worse over the past 2 months.

Following heart surgery there is a risk that the patient will develop pericardial effusion, which is the collection of fluid around the heart. Following heart surgery there is a risk that the patient ...

Pericarditis is one of the most common cardiac complications in the course of HIV disease. Opportunistic infections and neoplastic processes represent the most common etiology of pericardial disease.

THE diagnosis of pericardial effusion and pericarditis is often difficult. The history and physical signs can be misleading, and the electrocardiogram is frequently equivocal. A high index of ...

A pericardial effusion is the buildup of excess fluid between the heart and the sac surrounding the heart, known as the pericardium. Pericardial effusion is the buildup of an excess amount of fluid in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three patients in both the treatment and nontreatment groups developed small, asymptomatic pericardial effusions ...