pericardiocentesis
Sign in to saveAlso known as PCC, pericardial tap
Pericardiocentesis (PCC), also called pericardial tap, is a medical procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart).
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Pericardiocentesis
- Medical intervention.Image
- Pericardiocentesis.jpg
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D020519
- Medical intervention.MedlinePlus
- 003872
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
4,085 papers- Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis: When and How Should It Be Performed?Current cardiology reports · 2020
- Pericardiocentesis: History, Current Practice, and Future Directions.Current cardiology reports · 2024
- Computed Tomography-Guided Pericardiocentesis: A Practical Guide.Current cardiology reports · 2023
- [Pericardiocentesis].Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2007
- A contemporary look at pericardiocentesis.Trends in cardiovascular medicine · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Anatomy and physiology
- Indications
- Therapeutic pericardiocentesis
- Cardiac tamponade
- Pericarditis
- Diagnostic pericardiocentesis
- Analysis of pericardial fluid
- Contraindications
- Absolute contraindications
- Relative contraindications
- Long-term drainage
- Aortic dissection
- Diagnosis of minor pericardial effusion
- Other
- Procedure
- Overview
- Approaches
- Ultrasound guidance
- Blind pericardiocentesis
- Risks
- References
- External links
Pericardiocentesis (PCC), also called pericardial tap, is a medical procedure where fluid is aspirated from the pericardium (the sac enveloping the heart).
== Anatomy and physiology ==
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