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Pericardioperitoneal shunt for persistent pericardial effusions: a new drainage procedure
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a pericardioperitoneal shunt procedure in 2 patients with persistent pericardial effusions in which the classic surgical methods of shunting were inappropriate.
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