• Title of article

    Transdiaphragmatic drainage of pericardial effusion with severe pericardial adhesions

  • Author/Authors

    Akihiko Ohkado، نويسنده , , Motoki Sato، نويسنده , , Yasuko Tomizawa، نويسنده , , Hiroshi Nishida، نويسنده , , Masahiro Endo، نويسنده , , Hitoshi Koyanagi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    1196
  • To page
    1197
  • Abstract
    We describe a method to perform successful drainage of pericardial effusion by incising the diaphragm via the peritoneal cavity assisted by transesophageal echocardiography. This transdiaphragmatic approach is a remarkably simple and useful method for pericardial drainage when the conventional transsubxiphoid approach is difficult and dangerous because of intractable adhesions between the heart and the pericardium.
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Serial Year
    1996
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Record number

    613768