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Internal transcardiac pericardiocentesis for acute tamponade
J D Fisher1, S G Kim, K J Ferrick
1The Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA. jfisher@montefiore.org
The American Journal of Cardiology
|December 13, 2000
Abstract:
If the catheter is still in the pericardium when tamponade is recognized during catheterization or electrophysiologic procedures, it can be used for definitive aspiration and relief of tamponade. This is physiologically beneficial to the patient, and psychologically beneficial to both patient and medical staff.

