BACKGROUND: Optimal management of cardiac tamponade resulting from pericardial effusion remains controversial. METHODS: Cardiac tamponade in 117 patients was treated with either subxiphoid ...

The optimal management of effusive pericardial disease remains controversial. Subxiphoid drainage has ... The etiology of effusion included cancer (38), uremia (24), infection (27), radiation ...

Auenbrugger’s sign is an epigastric bulge due to a large pericardial effusion extending subxiphoid. Compression of this bulge may cause hemodynamic compromise and cardiac tamponade. Physical ...

Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount ... This is usually done percutaneously through a subxiphoid approach. A surgical pericardial window can be done ...