Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for
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Thanopoulos, Basil D. ;Georgakopoulos, Dimitri ;Tsaousis, George S. ;Triposkiadi
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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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To evaluate the safety and efficacy of pericardial window creation by percutaneous balloon dilation in children with recurrent, symptomatic, nonmalignant pericardial effusion, 6 boys and 4 girls, age 5-12 yr, underwent the procedure using the subxiphoid approach. The procedure was successful in 9 pa