Open AccessPericardial-peritoneal window: A novel palliative treatment for malignant and recurrent cardiac tamponade
Author(s) -
Ashwin A Kallianpur,
Shivpreet Singh Samra,
Vinod Nimbran,
Rakesh Gupta,
Cherian Akkarappatty,
Nidhi Gupta,
Gaurav Gupta
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.116710
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardial window , pericardium , pericardial cavity , pericardial fluid , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , malignancy , surgery , peritoneal cavity , peritoneum
Transdiaphragmatic approach to the pericardium through a subxiphoid incision is a safe, rapid, and effective way to obtain drainage of the pericardium fluid in patient of disseminated malignancy with recurrent cardiac tamponade. No drainage tubes are needed; pericardial fluid is absorbed by the peritoneum; there is no need for double lumen tubes for single lung ventilation and the subxiphoid incisions are small and almost painless.