Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Pericardial tap; Percutaneous pericardiocentesis
What the risks are
- Bleeding
- Collapsed lung
- Heart attack
- Infection (pericarditis)
- Irregular heartbeats (
arrhythmias ) - Puncture of the heart muscle, coronary artery, lung, liver, or stomach
- Pneumopericardium (air in the pericardial sac)
Special considerations
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Pericardiocentesis Prevention
Review Date: 06/01/2010
Reviewed By: Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School
of Medicine, Director, Northwestern Clinic Echocardiography Lab,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
