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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 20;16(4):e253728.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253728.

Non-traumatic parasternal pericardiocentesis

Pitt O Lim  1
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Case Reports

Non-traumatic parasternal pericardiocentesis

Pitt O Lim. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiovascular medicine; Clinical diagnostic tests; Interventional cardiology; Pericardial disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Large pericardial effusion on echocardiogram (A), distance between chest wall and parietal pericardium (B, arrow), small 21 gauge needle and thin 0.018” wire in pericardial space (C) and pericardial drain in situ (D).
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