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Video-assisted thoracoscopic pericardiectomy for severe pericardial effusions
1Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitayusyu, Japan.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|June 1, 1999
Abstract:
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has proven to be extremely useful in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple thoracic problems. We used the VATS technique to successfully treat refractory pericardial effusions associated with pericarditis by performing pericardiectomy.