... in the treatment of malignant melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma. We present the case of a 67-year-old male patient with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the lung who suffered from a massive pericardial effusion secondary to treatment with nivolumab, which he began in June 2015...

... of pericardial effusion. We aimed to identify risk factors for recurrence, complications, and mortality in pericardial effusion patients treated with pericardiocentesis. Methods: We identified and collected data from 8,101 patients receiving pericardiocentesis between 1997 and 2010 from the Taiwan National...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pericardial effusion Low-voltage electrocardiogram Hypothyroidism Echocardiography Characteristic symptoms of thyroid disease are those resulting from the effects...

...Petar Otšević; Aleksandar N Nešković; Milovan Bojić; Aleksandar D Popović Since the reported incidence of pericardial effusion following thrombolysis is highly variable, we have evaluated 80 consecutive patients with first acute myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase. Two-dimensional...

...Raùl Moreno; Julián P Villacastín; Héctor Bueno; Esteban López de Sá; José L López-Sendón; Jaime F Bobadilla; Miguel A García-Fernández; Juan L. Delcán Background and Objectives: Pericardial effusion (PE) is frequently found in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but its...

...David H. Spodick; Delores M. Paladino In 20 consecutive patients with echocardiographic pericardial effusions and no pulsus paradoxus or other signs of cardiac embarrassment the left ventricular ejection time fell (ΔLVET) during inspiration by 18.3 ± 2.47 (SE) ms, greatly exceeding mean inspiratory...

...C. Kourouclis; D. Athanasiadis; V. Georgiou; G. Andritsakis; D. Avgoustakis In a case of coronary arteriovenous fistula involving the right coronary artery and the coronary sinus, the coronary sinus developed an aneurysm 12 cm in diameter and a degree of cardiomegaly simulating pericardial effusion...

.... Sipple’s syndrome Pheochromocytoma Pericardial tamponade Pericardial effusion Case Report Cardiology 63: 305-311 (1978) Sipple s Syndrome with a Malignant Pheoehromocytoma Presenting as a Pericardial Effusion Morris Westfried, Donald Mandel, Martha N. Alderete, Jacob Groopman and Stanley Minkowitz...

...Tetsuro Sugiura; Yoshitaka Kumon; Hiromi Kataoka; Yoshihisa Matsumura; Hiroaki Takeuchi; Yoshinori Doi Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and clinical correlates of asymptomatic pericardial effusion (PE) detected by echocardiography in patients with rheumatoid...

...Alwyn Rapose; Bilal Sarvat; Juan C. Sarria Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) affects 30–43% of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Pericarditis and pericardial effusion are rare manifestations of IRIS. We...

... to in the content or advertisements. Myopericarditis Pericardial effusion Lung neoplasm Cardiac metastasis Cardiac tamponade The patient, a 47-year-old white female with a 30-year history of tobacco use, presented in September of 2004 to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center with a 5-week...

... radius) x 100 and estimated left-ventricular mass were measured in patients with small, moderate and large pericardial effusion, in patients with cardiac tamponade before and after pericardiocentesis (16 patients in each group) and in 30 control subjects with normal echocardiograms. Results: Left...