Echocardiography-guided pericardiocentesis with a needle attached to a probe.
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Abstract
Pericardiocentesis with a needle attached to a probe was performed under two-dimensional echocardiographic guidance in 9 patients with pericardial effusion after cardiac operations. The first 5 mm of the tip of a puncture needle for percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage is scratched with a scalpel to give the tip high echo intensity. When the probe is placed on the skin, the direction of puncture at that probe angle appears automatically on the monitor.
Medical subject headings
- Drainage
- Echocardiography
- Pericardial Effusion
- Postoperative Complications
- Punctures