VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC-SURGERY FOR DELAYED PERICARDIAL-EFFUSION POST-CABG

Delayed-onset pericardial effusion following coronary artery bypass gr afts can give rise to significant morbidity in its presentation and in its management by traditional surgical techniques. A video-assisted t horacoscopic technique to create a pericardial window, with the advant age of a minimally invasive approach combined with excellent visualiza tion in such a patient is described.