Cardiac tamponade following perforation of the left anterior descending coronary system during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: successful treatment by pericardial drainage

Am Heart J. 1986 Jun;111(6):1196-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90024-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessels / injuries*
  • Drainage
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardium / surgery
  • Rupture