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

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Claire L. Buchanan, MD, Vita V. Sullivan, MD, Richard Lampman, PhD, Mohan G. Kulkarni, MD

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, 5301 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA

lampmanr@trinity-health.org

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To the Editor:

We appreciate the comments of Dr Allen. Allen and colleagues reported a similar complication rate (9%; 2 of 23 patients) when performing echo-guided pericardiocentesis in a small series such as ours (10%; 3 of 29 patients), yet only endorse this technique for patients with hemodynamic instability who could not tolerate a subxiphoid pericardiostomy [1, 2]. They point out that only half of the procedures could be . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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