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Iatrogenic Pneumopericardium After Pericardiocentesis.

Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Narayanan Namboodiri, Bharatraj Banavalikar, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Srinivasa Prasad, Ajitkumar Valaparambil, Jaganmohan Tharakan

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Abstract

A 65-year-old patient underwent pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade after radiofrequency ablation for ventricular tachycardia. Subsequent to stabilization, the patient developed pneumopericardium, which was detected in the catheterization laboratory and managed successfully by pericardial aspiration.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Pericardiocentesis, Pneumopericardium, Cardiac tamponade, Tamponade, Pericardial effusion, Cardiac catheterization, Ablation