Characteristics of neoplastic cardiac tamponade and prognosis after pericardiocentesis: a single-center study of 113 consecutive cancer patients

Tsugumi Takayama,Yuji Okura,Yoshinobu Okada,Keiichi Honma,Atsushi Nashimoto,Nobuaki Sato,Akira Yokoyama,Tohru Minamino

Characteristics of neoplastic cardiac tamponade and prognosis after pericardiocentesis: a single-center study of 113 consecutive cancer patients

2015

Tsugumi Takayama
Yuji Okura
Yoshinobu Okada
Keiichi Honma
Atsushi Nashimoto
Nobuaki Sato
Akira Yokoyama
Tohru Minamino

Background Neoplastic cardiac tamponade (NCT) is a life-threatening complication of cancer. The interval between cancer diagnosis and NCT onset and the prognosis after pericardiocentesis may differ according to cancer type.

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Pericardiocentesis
General surgery
Cancer
Cardiac tamponade
Medicine
Cardiology
Internal medicine
Surgical oncology
Lung cancer
Gastroenterology
Esophageal cancer
Breast cancer
Radiology
Retrospective cohort study

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