pericardial effusion

..Cardiac tamponade caused by gynecologic malignancies are extremely rare...

..In addition she suffered from physical asthenia. Seven months ago the patient was treated for symptomatic pericardial effusion in our clinic...

..Hispanic girl without overt symptoms of hypothyroidism who presented with early cardiac tamponade from pericardial effusion due to previously unrecognized hypothyroidism...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is increasingly being performed in electrophysiology laboratories. Pericardial effusion (PE) is certainly one of the most frequently observed complications during AF ablation...

..In addition, the patient developed other uncommon manifestations of hypothyroidism such as pericardial effusion, acute renal failure, and acquired von Willebrand disease...

..The case of a patient presenting with a relatively asymptomatic massive pericardial effusion due to hypothyroidism is described...

..use of new imaging methods facilitates accurate detection and management of complications such as pericardial effusion or constriction...

To investigate the clinical value of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) in diagnosing malignant and tuberculous pericardial effusion.

OBJECTIVE: Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade after ascending aortic surgery are higher than anticipated after cardiac surgery...

Malignant pericardial effusion as a complication of gynecological cancers is a rare occurrence. A review of the literature revealed only two cases of pericardial effusion secondary to endometrial adenocarcinoma...

..deaminase level in the pericardial fluid was consistent with the probable diagnosis of tuberculous pericardial effusion. The patient was treated with resolution of the clinical syndrome and no recurrence of the effusion ..

The incidence of asymptomatic pericardial effusion is high after cardiac surgery. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely prescribed in this setting, but no study has assessed their efficacy.

Malignant pericardial effusion (MPE) causes cardiac tamponade and an extremely poor outcome unless it is well controlled...

..This study was performed in order to investigate the long-term effects of intracavitary treatment with thiotepa in the reduction of pericardial effusion (PE) recurrences.

Malignant pericarditis, when associated with massive pericardial effusion, presents a critical condition in lung cancer patients...

To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of mitomycin C in the local control of malignant pericardial effusion, we carried out a trial of pericardial drainage with local instillation of mitomycin C in eight patients who suffered from ..

Malignant pericardial effusion, although highly variable, is an uncommon complication of cancer. It is often associated with symptoms like dyspnea, chest pain, and cough, which may be severe and disabling...

Malignant pericardial effusion is a frequent complication of advanced incurable malignancies and requires treatment...

When occurring, malignant pericardial effusion (MPE) is usually a late phenomenon in most malignancies...

To evaluate the effectiveness and side effects of intrapericardial administration of cisplatin in prevention of recurrent malignant pericardial effusion.

Malignant pericardial effusion is usually treated only when signs of cardiac tamponade develop. Several methods of treatment have been reported with an overall response rate of approximately 75%...

..We observed the value of EM echo by emergency physicians in detecting pericardial effusion in patients in PEA and near PEA states.

Tuberculous pericardial effusion is most often due to the spread of tuberculosis from the mediastinal lymph glands; however, no attempt has yet been made to study these glands...

..We report a case of pericardial effusion due to Bartonella quintana in a homeless man, diagnosed on the basis of PCR detection of Bartonella ..

..In canine idiopathic pericardial effusion there is as yet no conclusive evidence to support the involvement of an infectious agent...

Aim: To estimate the frequency of pericardial effusion/cardiac tamponade associated with the use of neonatal percutaneous long lines (PLLs) over the past five years.

..Pericardial effusions occur frequently after orthotopic heart transplantation. There have been conflicting reports describing etiology, prognosis, and outcomes associated with these early postoperative effusions...

..A small perforation of the right atrial lead caused a slow effusion into the pericardial sac. The patient's unusual presentation, hospital course, pathophysiology, and treatment for cardiac tamponade are discussed...

..The optimal therapy for symptomatic pericardial effusions remains controversial. This paper compares outcomes after the two most commonly used techniques, percutaneous catheter drainage and operative subxiphoid pericardial drainage...

..An exceedingly small number of cases of benign pericardial effusion have been described so far in the medical literature.

..The clinical examination may assist in the decision to perform pericardiocentesis in patients with cardiac tamponade diagnosed by echocardiography...

..Both presented with a large pericardial effusion. One fetus presented with increased NT which evolved into fetal hydrops...

A ventricular diverticulum associated with a large pericardial effusion was diagnosed at 13 weeks of gestation. The pericardial effusion resolved spontaneously by 20 weeks and the diverticular size remained the same during pregnancy...

Circumferential pericardial effusion typically results in biventricular tamponade and equalization of intracardiac and pericardial pressure during diastole. However, tamponade may involve the right or left ventricle...

..cardiomegaly, 2D-echocardiogram demonstrated anterior and posterior echo-free spaces consistent with large pericardial effusion (PE)...

..To determine whether NT pro-BNP levels are high in patients reporting pericardial diseases, as well as to investigate how they relate to diastolic dysfunction echocardiographic measures...

..Malignancy and complications of its treatment are a common cause of pericardial effusion. The natural history of pericardial effusion remains largely unknown...

Chylous pericardial effusion is an uncommon condition, and the treatment is difficult. We report a case of massive chylous pericardial effusion with tamponade in a 22-year-old man, managed successfully...

..b>Pericardial effusion (PCE) and cardiac tamponade are uncommon but potentially fatal complications of percutaneous, umbilical and ..

BACKGROUND: Pericardial effusion in the patient with cancer presents a unique management problem...

..Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, has previously reported two cases of cardiac diverticula complicated with pericardial effusion successfully treated in utero with aspiration of the pericardial fluid...

..Pericarditis and pericardial effusion are rare manifestations of IRIS...

..We report on the 30-day and one-year outcome of consecutive effusive pericarditis patients, including those with tuberculous pericarditis, over a six-year-period...

To evaluate, through clinical and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) follow-up, the natural history of persistent pericardial effusion (PE) after postoperative day 15 in patients who were given and were not given anticoagulant therapy.

To determine whether or not the presence of pleural and/or pericardial effusion can be used prenatally as an ultrasonographic marker for the differential diagnosis between diaphragmatic eventration and diaphragmatic hernia.

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To evaluate the use of neonatal central venous catheters (CVC) in 38 french neonatal units and occurrence of pericardial effusion (PCE) over the past 5 years.

..To examine whether the size of the effusion, the presence of tamponade, and inflammatory signs are useful in determining the causes of moderate or severe pericardial effusions...

240 patients with active tuberculous pericardial effusion received a 4-drug daily antituberculosis regimen for 6 months and have been studied for 24 months or longer...

To evaluate the frequency of pericardial effusion in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with unexplained, new onset dyspnea.

We present a systematic overview of the literature on reported cases of chylous pericardial effusion in adults over the past 10 years, assessing clinical presentation, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

..Chylopericardium is a rare complication after operation for congenital heart disease. The incidence and clinical outcomes in a large cohort of surgical patients are unknown...

Congenital ventricular cardiac diverticula are rare. They may occur prenatally in association with a pericardial effusion which, if large enough, can compromise fetal circulatory and lung development...

To identify clinical and dosimetric factors influencing the risk of pericardial effusion (PCE) in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer treated with definitive concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy (RT).

..To describe the clinical presentation, cause, and outcome of central venous catheter (CVC)-related pericardial effusions (PCE) in infants...

BACKGROUND: Although pericardial effusion is known to be common among patients infected with HIV, the incidence of pericardial effusion and its relation to survival have never been described...

Clinical implications of the initial echocardiographic characteristics of pericardial effusion (PE) have not been clearly demonstrated. We sought to evaluate the clinical significance of echogenic materials in PE.

..and safety of intrapericardial treatment with the crystalloid corticosteroid triamcinolone in autoreactive pericardial effusion. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and sixty consecutive patients with pericarditis/myopericarditis ..

..AND RESULTS: Out of the registry of 260 patients undergoing pericardiocentesis, 42 patients with neoplastic pericardial effusion (69% males, mean age 58.8+/-13...

..Bacterial pneumonia is the most frequent cause of parapneumonic effusion; however, knowledge of the relationship between parapneumonic effusion and the presence of pericardial fluid in children is limited. We examined this relationship...

The treatment of massive and/or symptomatic pericardial effusion in patients with cancer remains a subject of discussion. Medical and surgical management have been proposed...

To determine the clinical correlates of pericardial effusion (PE) and a low-voltage electrocardiogram (ECG) in patients with primary hypothyroidism.

..No studies have addressed these issues specifically in HIV-positive patients, but the 3 HIV-positive patients in our series had an excellent response to drainage and antituberculous therapy...

..Pathologic diagnosis was a combination of cavernous- and venous-type hemangioma. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was doing well with no pericardial effusion at the 10-month follow-up.

..Pleural effusion was detected on thoracic radiographs and echocardiography revealed a pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade...

..Consecutive medical records of the patients with pericardial effusion treated with pericardiocentesis or pericardioscopy in the period of 1982-2002 were analyzed retrospectively...

To examine the value of the anteroposterior pericardial sac diameter (APD) for prediction of the volume of pericardial effusion.

..A subsequent 10-month follow-up was uneventful. Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumours associated with pericardial effusion are discussed.

..The later two patients have shown no signs of recurrence for fifteen and twelve months respectively...

We report a case of metastatic breast cancer with pericardial effusion that was successfully treated with weekly paclitaxel...

OBJECTIVE: Silent pericardial effusion is frequently observed in patients with anorexia nervosa. The nature of the pericardial fluid could never be established, as pericardiocentesis was ethically unfeasible...

..The echocardiogram confirmed a pericardial effusion causing a cardiac tamponade. A therapeutic and diagnostic pericardiocentesis was performed immediately...

..Finally this review covers the echocardiographic diagnosis of pericardial cysts and masses and constrictive pericarditis...

..We describe a patient with purulent pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade who was treated successfully and without complications with percutaneous balloon ..

..The therapeutic procedures included pericardiocentesis in 9 patients (6 of whom had recurrent tamponade), a pericardial window in 4 and pericardiotomy in 4 (without recurrences). The mean survival was 4 months...

..Acute pericarditis due to the original surgical procedure was suspected to be the cause of the tamponade. Although rare, cardiac tamponade should be considered as a cause of hemodynamic instability after esophageal resection...

..Pathologic examination showed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy were introduced. The patient has subsequently done well for the past 10 months...

In 50 patients treated from January 1998 through March 2002 for pericardial effusion and tamponade, we retrospectively investigated the efficacy of percutaneous placement of an indwelling pericardial catheter guided by 2-dimensional ..

We herein describe a 19-year-old woman who presented with pericardial effusion that resulted in heart tamponade. The clinicopathological study revealed papillary carcinoma of the thyroid metastasized to the heart...

..as an alternative to electrocardiographically or fluoroscopically guided puncture for the management of pericardial effusion. The objective of this study was to investigate echocardiographically (echo)- guided pericardiocenteses ..

..We report a case of acute cardiac tamponade resulting from a large, malignant pericardial effusion. The patient manifested striking repetitive yawning that resolved immediately after pericardial drainage...

Chylous pericardial effusion after open-heart surgery is a rare complication. We report a case of chylous pericardial effusion following aortic valve replacement, which presented as cardiac tamponade, and its subsequent management.

..They review the literature involving pericardial disease in pregnancy and discuss important issues in management and include a discussion of angiosarcoma...

Reports of malignant pericardial effusion due to adenocarcinoma of the prostate are few and describe only patients with hormone-naive disease...

..The causes of pericardial effusion were: malignancy in 8 patients (9.7%), post-cardiac surgery in 12 (14...

..001). CONCLUSIONS: The profile of patients presenting with clinically significant pericardial effusion has changed over time...

..a variety of ADPKD pathologies including cystic kidney disease, vascular aneurysm, abdominal wall hernia, pericardial effusion, and defects in chondrogenesis...

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract) Pericardial effusion, cardiomyopathy, and left ventricular dysfunction are prevalent in patients with AIDS...

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..Identification of the cascade of factors contributing to AF development will have important implications in primary prevention of this major public health problem. ..

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..These studies will provide the first detailed functional analysis of periostin in the recovery of the injured mammalian myocardium. The long-term goal is to provide new therapeutic approaches to heart failure. (End of Abstract) ..

..This period of laboratory based study, plus the formalized career development program, is designed to train the candidate as a physician scientist with a unique expertise in vascular aspects of ADPKD. ..

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..This study is designed to determine the incremental value of arterial chemotherapy, as well as to validate an automated imaging method of assessing response to treatment. ..

..The information gained from the proposed study will greatly enhance our understanding in the pathogenesis of vascular complications in ADPKD and provide potential areas for therapeutic targets. ..

..The development of techniques and methods that can rapidly expand blood supply to injured tissue will have a significant impact on regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. ..

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..The development of techniques and methods that can rapidly expand blood supply to injured tissue will have a significant impact on regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. ..

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..Ultimately, the proposed studies could lead to improved therapeutic approaches for suppression of life-threatening arrhythmias. ..

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