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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:386-387
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Subxiphoid Pericardiostomy Versus Percutaneous Extended Catheter Drainage

Keith B. Allen, MD

Heart Center of Indiana, 10590 N Meridian St, Suite 105, Indianapolis, IN 46290, USA

kallen2340@aol.com

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To the Editor:

Buchanan and colleagues [1] detail their experience in 29 patients with pericardial effusions and suggest that echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis and extended catheter drainage is a safe and effective management. However, their definition of safe and effective challenges the imagination. They report a 10% (3 of 29) conversion rate to a thoracotomy for complications that included a left ventricular tear, a right ventricular tear, and inability to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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