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Pericardiostomy

Known as: Window Technic, Pericardial, Window Technique, Pericardial, Pericardial Window Technique 
Surgical construction of an opening or window in the pericardium. It is often called subxiphoid pericardial window technique.
National Institutes of Health

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CDISC SDTM Procedure TerminologyCardiovascular systemClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyEducational aspects

Broader (3)

Fenestration (morphologic abnormality)Fenestration procedureIncision and drainage

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Tube pericardiostomy

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Pilot study of transesophageal endoscopic epicardial coagulation by submucosal endoscopy with the mucosal flap safety valve technique (with videos).
2003
2003
Mass regression in aortic stenosis after valve replacement with small size pericardial bioprosthesis.
1998
1998
Thoracoscopic limited pericardial resection with an ultrasonic scalpel.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis in aortic position: long-term follow-up 1980 to 1994.
1990
1990
Blunt traumatic pericardial rupture. A ten-year experience 1979 to 1989.
Blunt traumatic pericardial rupture is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and is associated with high mortality. During a ten-year… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Unsuspected cardiac abnormalities in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. An echocardiographic study.
To investigate the frequency of unsuspected cardiac abnormalities in AIDS, M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiograms were… 
1986
1986
Pericardioscopy as adjunct to pericardial window.
A technique for pericardioscopy at the time of subxiphoid pericardial window was evaluated in 17 patients undergoing surgery for… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Ventricular Diastolic Pressure‐Volume Relations and the Pericardium: Effects of Changes in Blood Volume and Pericardial Effusion in Dogs
We investigated the role of the pericardium in the mechanism of shifts in the left ventricular (LV) diastolic pressure-volume… 
1971
1971
Pericardial cysts, tumors, and fat necrosis.
1970
1970
Pleural pericardial window for palliation of cardiac tamponade due to cancer
Cardiac tamponade due to metastatic cancer may be successfully palliated by creation of a pleural pericardial window. Four… 
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