Surgical pericardial window using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Your doctor will make a small opening (a window) in your pericardium to let the fluid drain out.

Pericardial window operation, a procedure, where abnormal quantity of malignant fluid, or malignant pericardial effusion (MPE), surrounding the heart, is drained into the neighbouring chest cavity ...

Pericardial window operation, a procedure, where abnormal quantity of malignant fluid, surrounding the heart, is drained into the neighbouring chest cavity, is commonly applied to patients ...

A surgical approach using a “pericardial window” is performed when there is concern that the pericardial fluid will accumulate, such as with a malignant pericardial effusion.

Pericardial effusion refers to fluid buildup within the pericardium. ... For people who develop recurrent effusions due to causes such as cancer, a pericardial window may be necessary.

With colchicine, there was a lower risk of the primary composite endpoint—all-cause death, repeat pericardiocentesis, or pericardial window operation due to recurrent pericardial effusion—as compared ...

The pericardial window procedure is completed, and 750 cc of pus is removed under pressure. The esophagram is negative, confirming there is no path from the upper gastrointestinal tract to the ...

Pericardial window operation is commonly applied to patients diagnosed with cancer. It is a procedure, where abnormal quantity of malignant fluid, or malignant pericardial effusion (MPE ...

On November 1, a pericardial window was made under general anesthesia. At operation more than 1 liter of bloody fluid was removed from the pericardial sac.

Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade is a rarely reported complication following stem cell transplant (SCT). The incidence among pediatric SCT recipients is not well defined. To assess the ...

Of the pericardial effusions, 32% required no intervention, 62% involved pericardiocentesis, 16.9% required surgery, and 1.5% required a pericardial window. The fact that pericardiocentesis was ...