The focus of this chapter is emergency surgery for pericardial conditions ranging from the rarer urgent/emergency pericardiectomy for very severe constriction, infection, and autoimmune conditions, to the more common pericardial windows for different types of effusions with tamponade physiology. The chapter is succinct, mainly addressing the surgical aspects and techniques for managing these conditions, but also aiming to evaluate outcomes and controversies in literature.

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Pericardial Pathologies Requiring Emergency Surgery

  • Andreas Gkikas,
  • David Lawrence

摘要

The focus of this chapter is emergency surgery for pericardial conditions ranging from the rarer urgent/emergency pericardiectomy for very severe constriction, infection, and autoimmune conditions, to the more common pericardial windows for different types of effusions with tamponade physiology. The chapter is succinct, mainly addressing the surgical aspects and techniques for managing these conditions, but also aiming to evaluate outcomes and controversies in literature.