Pericardiectomy

05/01/2004 - "Primary pericardiotomy was successful after the initial procedure in 82% (n = 14) of these patients, so it appears to be an effective non-surgical procedure for patients at high risk for re-accumulation of pericardial effusions. "
10/15/1995 - "Subxyphoid pericardiotomy proved to be a safe and effective intervention that successfully relieved pericardial effusions in 99% of cases with recurrence and reoperation rates of 9% and 7%, respectively. "
11/01/1993 - "We report a case of recurrent malignant pericardial effusion treated successfully with percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy, a relatively new technique avoiding the need for surgery."
05/01/2013 - "Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is a simple, safe technique that can be effective in the prevention of recurrence in many patients with severe malignant pericardial effusion. "
04/01/1998 - "Pericardiectomy is quite effective in patients with symptomatic pericardial effusion or constriction. "

06/10/1989 - "Early medical treatment with or without pericardiocentesis is effective in most cases of tamponade, but constrictive pericarditis demands pericardiectomy. "
06/01/1997 - "We concluded that pericardiectomy is a very effective treatment for constrictive pericarditis but a more careful follow up is required especially in cases complicated with other major problems because cardiac function is not so recovered as normal level after surgery due probably to readhesion and fibrotic changes of the myocardium."
09/01/1987 - "We conclude that pericardiectomy is an effective treatment of symptomatic chronic constrictive pericarditis because it provides an important and durable improvement in symptoms and functional Class, and it has a low operative mortality."
12/01/2007 - "Pericardiectomy is a useful procedure for constrictive pericarditis and was beneficial to all the patients in this study with an improvement in their functional capacity. "
12/01/1997 - "Pericardiectomy is the only effective surgical procedure for constrictive pericarditis, but we have often experienced a lack of significant improvement of hemodynamic parameters, this being attributed to the presence of residual constriction. "

05/01/2010 - "Meta-analysis of randomized trials on the efficacy of posterior pericardiotomy in preventing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery."
04/01/1997 - "Effects of posterior pericardiotomy on the incidence of atrial fibrillation and chest drainage after coronary revascularization: a prospective randomized trial."
10/01/2015 - "Posterior pericardiotomy may reduce atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting."
10/01/2015 - "Can posterior pericardiotomy reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting?†."
04/01/2012 - "The question addressed was whether posterior pericardiotomy (PP) reduces the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. "

02/01/1992 - "We conclude that pericardectomy combined with a specific antimicrobial therapy is a safe treatment for acute infectious and especially purulent pericarditis with low mortality and excellent longterm results. "
11/01/2012 - "In patients with chronic relapsing pericarditis in whom medical management has failed, surgical pericardiectomy is a safe and effective method of relieving symptoms."
11/01/2012 - "To determine whether surgical pericardiectomy is a safe and effective alternative to medical management for chronic relapsing pericarditis. "
07/01/2014 - "If purulent pericarditis cannot be cured using non-surgical treatments, such as antibiotic therapy, pericardiocentesis and intrapericardial thrombolytic therapy, a surgical pericardiectomy should be considered to avoid morbidity and mortality."
11/01/1998 - "We suggest percutaneous pericardiectomy as a valid alternative to surgery to treat chronic benign pericarditis, which obviously needs further confirmation from dedicated studies."

02/01/1983 - "We had four patients with neoplastic cardiac tamponade who were treated successfully with subxiphoid pericardiotomy and pericardial drainage. "
07/01/1990 - "Immediate relief from acute cardiac tamponade was obtained in all except one patient, who was treated by pericardiotomy because of insufficient drainage. "
09/01/2015 - "This study involved 90 consecutive patients (58 males and 32 females) with a mean age of 57.4 ± 14.1 years, who underwent emergent pericardiotomy in the years 2006 to 2011 due to symptomatic primary cardiac tamponade. "
09/01/2015 - "Pericardiotomy, although invasive, is a safe method to relieve cardiac tamponade. "
09/01/2015 - "Early and long-term outcomes of pericardiotomy in the treatment of primary cardiac tamponade."