Twenty-two patients with malignant pericardial effusions were treated with subxiphoid partial pericardiectomy between 1984 and 1989. Thirteen patients also had a sclerosing agent instilled intrapericardially. Tamponade was relieved by pericardiocentesis before administration of general anesthesia. I
Intrapericardial instillation of platin in malignant pericardial effusion
โ Scribed by Mario V. Fiorentino; Otello Daniele; Paolo Morandi; Savina M. L. Aversa; Cristina Ghiotto; Adriano Paccagnella; Adriano Fornasiero
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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