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Recurrent pericardial effusions are treated by subxiphoid pericardiotomy with placement of a pericardial window. Alternatively, a balloon pericardiotomy can be performed to rupture the pericardium into pleural cavity. | Recurrent pericardial effusions are treated by subxiphoid pericardiotomy with placement of a pericardial window <ref name="pmid7781340">{{cite journal |author=Flum DR, McGinn JT, Tyras DH |title=The role of the 'pericardial window' in AIDS |journal=[[Chest]] |volume=107 |issue=6 |pages=1522–5 |year=1995 |month=June |pmid=7781340 |doi= |url=}}</ref>. Alternatively, a balloon pericardiotomy can be performed to rupture the pericardium into pleural cavity. | ||
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Surgery
Recurrent pericardial effusions are treated by subxiphoid pericardiotomy with placement of a pericardial window [1]. Alternatively, a balloon pericardiotomy can be performed to rupture the pericardium into pleural cavity.