After treating cardiac tamponade arising from atrial fibrillation (Afib) catheter ablation, pericardial drains do not need to be kept in place for an additional 12 to 24 hours, researchers suggested.

TURIN, ITALY (updated) — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases has developed a stepwise scoring system to identify patients who need immediate ...

Open-label study of pemetrexed alone for chemonaive patients and pre-treated patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: Outcomes of the International Expanded Access Program (EAP) ...

The implications of this case are 3-fold: first, we present here, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of spontaneous bacterial pericarditis caused by nonencapsulated H influenzae occurring in ...

An IRB-approved retrospective review of the medical records of 409 consecutive HSCT recipients, who underwent transplant between January 2012 and April 2016 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical ...

Cardiac tamponade is excessive collection of fluid in the pericardial sac surrounding the heart that leads to restriction of cardiac function and causes critical cardiogenic shock and rapid ...

Long-Term Follow-Up of a Large Cohort of Patients with Intermediate Lesions Assessed with IVUS. Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from major meetings right to your inbox. TCTMD ...

Performing a posterior left pericardiotomy during cardiac surgery appears to markedly reduce the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF), a stubbornly common and potentially serious ...