Single center experience of pediatric percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy

Autor: Christopher Herron, Thomas J. Forbes, Daisuke Kobayashi
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cardiology in the Young. 31:212-215
ISSN: 1467-1107
1047-9511
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951120003686
Popis: Background:Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy is a percutaneous procedure that creates a window in the parietal pericardium by balloon dilation. The use of percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy has not been reported well in children.Objectives:The objective of this study was to describe the single centre experience of percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy in children.Methods:This was a retrospective study to describe all the children aged Results:A total of 13 percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy’s were performed in 11 children at the median age of 12 years (range 1.8–19). The etiologies of pericardial effusion were post-pericardiotomy syndrome (n = 4), restrictive cardiomyopathy (n = 1), autoimmune diseases (n = 3), malignancy (n = 2), and idiopathic (n = 1). Two patients received two percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy. The technical success of percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy was 100% with no acute adverse events (balloon rupture or local bleeding). Five (45%) required re-intervention and ultimately three required a surgical pericardial window 6 to 35 days after the percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy. As a result, ultimate procedural success rate was 73% (8/11).Conclusion:Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy was performed safely with high technical success in children. Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy may be considered for recurrent and persistent pericardial effusion, before considering a surgical pericardial window.
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