Peritonitis and pneumoperitoneum after successful emergency pericardiocentesis in the case of a Chilaiditi syndrome

• 来源期刊: 老年心脏病学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（1）
• 页码范围: 60-62
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Pericardiocentesis is a common therapeutic procedure for pericardial tamponade due to pericardial effusion as well as a diagnostic procedure to obtain fluid for cytopathologic examination.Standard methods include ultrasound or fluoroscopic guidance,which generally result in high success rates (over 95％).[1,2] The complication rate of pericardiocentesis is low with reported incidences of 1％-2％.[3] In the past,the most common indications for pericardiocentesis include uremia,tuberculous pericarditis or malignant pericardial effusions.However,with the increasing number of catheter-based interventional cardiac procedures,iatrogenic pericardial effusions are becoming more frequent.