PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON PERICARDIOTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT PERICARDIAL-EFFUSION - USING A NOVEL DOUBLE-BALLOON TECHNIQUE WITH ONE LONGAND ONE SHORT BALLOON

Authors
HSU KL TSAI CH CHIANG FT LO HM TSENG CD HO SG TSENG YZ
Citation
Kl. Hsu et al., PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON PERICARDIOTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT PERICARDIAL-EFFUSION - USING A NOVEL DOUBLE-BALLOON TECHNIQUE WITH ONE LONGAND ONE SHORT BALLOON, The American journal of cardiology, 80(12), 1997, pp. 1635
Citations number
7
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:12<1635:PBPFPW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is effective and less invasive for the treatment of recurrent pericardial effusion. This study suggests that the double-balloon method with 1 longer and 1 shorter balloon is the procedure of choice for percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy.