Indwelling pericardial drainage catheter
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Johnson, C. Timothy ;Osborn, Larry A.
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Pericardiocentesis has been performed for over 150 years. The complication rate for blind pericardiocentesis prior to the widespread application of echocardiography in 1982 varied from 7-19%, and the death rate from 0-19% [1][2][3][4][5]. Several recent studies using echocardiographic or fluoroscopi