Cardiac diseases in AIDS surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Surgery
Recurrent pericardial effusions are treated by subxiphoid pericardiotomy with placement of a pericardial window [1][2]. Alternatively, a balloon pericardiotomy can be performed to rupture the pericardium into pleural cavity.
References
- ↑ Flum DR, McGinn JT, Tyras DH (1995). "The role of the 'pericardial window' in AIDS". Chest. 107 (6): 1522–5. PMID 7781340. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Gouny P, Lancelin C, Girard PM, Hocquet-Cheynel C, Rozenbaum W, Nussaume O (1998). "Pericardial effusion and AIDS: benefits of surgical drainage". European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 13 (2): 165–9. PMID 9583822. Unknown parameter
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