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. 2020 Jul 23:30:100590.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100590. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Unusual intrapericardial pressure pattern in localized pericardial effusion

Sergey Yalonetsky  1   2 , Gil Gross  1   2
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Unusual intrapericardial pressure pattern in localized pericardial effusion

Sergey Yalonetsky et al. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Pericardial pressure tracing; Pericardiocentesis complications; Pericardiocentesis for localized infusion.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Transthoracic echocardiography in subcostal (panel A) and parasternal short axis view (panel B) showing a large localized pericardial effusion compressing the right ventricle. Abbreviations: PE – pericardial effusion, RV – right ventricle, PL – pleural effusion, P – obliterated pericardial space post cisplatin injection.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Intrapericardial pressure tracing before (A) and after (B) evacuation of loculated pericardial fluid. See text for explanation.
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