Patient Characteristics and Predictors of Mortality Associated with Pericardial Decompression Syndrome

Authors

Rajesh Pradhan, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Toshimasa Okabe, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Kazuki Yoshida, MD, Harvard School of Public Health
Dimitrios Angouras, MD, Attikon University Hospital, Athens Greece
Matthew Decaro, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Gregary D. Marhefka, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

3-10-2014

Comments

American College of Cardiology, 62^nd Annual Science Session and Expo in San Francisco

Abstract

Pericardial decompression syndrome is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis and surgical drainage of pericardial effusion with a high morality rate. The minimum amount of drained effusion in our serious was 450 ml. Surgical drainage was associated with a higher mortality rate.

Recommended Citation

Pradhan, MD, Rajesh; Okabe, MD, Toshimasa; Yoshida, MD, Kazuki; Angouras, MD, Dimitrios; Decaro, MD, Matthew; and Marhefka, MD, Gregary D., "Patient Characteristics and Predictors of Mortality Associated with Pericardial Decompression Syndrome" (2014). Division of Cardiology Faculty Papers. Paper 46.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cardiologyfp/46