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Brief Communication Percutaneous Pericardial Biopsy [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1990; 18(1): 47-49

Brief Communication Percutaneous Pericardial Biopsy

Tuğrul OKAY1, İsmet DİNDAR1, Mehmet ÖZDEMİR1, Nuri ÇAĞLAR1, Serdar AKSÖYEK1

We report the application in a patient of a nonsurgical technique, for obtaining multiple pericardial biopsies in palients with pericardial effusion. This technique, slightly modified from that proposed by Endrys and coworkers, was performed for the first time in Turkey. An 8 Fr Teflon sheath is introduced by the Seldinger technique under flouroscopy through the subxiphoid approach. The pericardial fluid is aspirated and air is allowed to enter the pericardium. This method outlines the pericardium. Thereafter, a bioptome is inserted through the sheath and multiple samples are taken from different sites of the pericardium for histopathologic and bacteriologic studies.


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Tuğrul OKAY, İsmet DİNDAR, Mehmet ÖZDEMİR, Nuri ÇAĞLAR, Serdar AKSÖYEK. Brief Communication Percutaneous Pericardial Biopsy. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 1990; 18(1): 47-49
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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