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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:741-742
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Echocardiography-Guided Pericardiocentesis With a Needle Attached to a Probe

Shigefumi Suehiro, MD, PhD, Koji Hattori, MD, Toshihiko Shibata, MD, Yasuyuki Sasaki, MD, Hirokazu Minamimura, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Kinoshita, MD, PhD

Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication September 20, 1995.

Pericardiocentesis with a needle attached to a probe was performed under two-dimensional echocardiographic guidance in 9 patients with pericardial effusion after cardiac operations. The first 5 mm of the tip of a puncture needle for percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage is scratched with a scalpel to give the tip high echo intensity. When the probe is placed on the skin, the direction of puncture at that probe angle appears automatically on the monitor.




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