Pericardial effusion in an Indian context: clinical insights and dynamics from a tertiary care centre.

Background: Pericardial effusion (PE) indicates the build-up of fluid within the pericardial sac, which encases the heart. The present study was undertaken to assess the clinical profile, etiology of pericardial effusion and to determine the correlation of cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis with etiology.

Methods: A prospective observational hospital based longitudinal study was undertaken among the 88 newly diagnosed and known patients of pericardial effusion who are above 18 years.

Pulsed Field Ablation Using Focal Contact Force-Sensing Catheters for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: 1-Year Outcomes of the ECLIPSE AF Study.

Background: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is a promising treatment for atrial fibrillation. We report 1-year freedom from atrial arrhythmia outcomes using monopolar PFA delivered through 3 commercial, contact force-sensing focal catheters.

Methods: ECLIPSE AF (NCT04523545) was a prospective, single-arm, multicenter study evaluating acute and chronic safety and performance using the CENTAURI system to deliver focal PFA with TactiCath SE, StablePoint, and ThermoCool ST.

A shot through the heart: a case report on retained bullet causing cardiac tamponade.

Background: As a rare complication of penetrating chest trauma, one can occasionally find foreign bodies inside the pericardium. Even rarer is finding an intact bullet inside the pericardial cavity following the gunshot injury.

Case Summary: A 17-year-old male presented to the emergency department as a Level 1 trauma for multiple gunshot wounds.

Aetiology, Treatment and Outcomes of Pericarditis: Long-Term Data from a Longitudinal Retrospective Single-Centre Cohort.

. Pericarditis has a heterogeneous clinical spectrum and rate of relapse. Data on aetiology, real-life treatment strategies, and long-term course from contemporary pericarditis cohorts are lacking.

Prevention of cardiac tamponade by left intercostal Pericardiotomy for massive recurrent pericardial effusion: a case report.

This case involved an 89-year-old woman with a history of left nephrectomy for left renal cell carcinoma at the age of 87 years. She had been gradually accumulating pericardial effusion for the past 4 years. She presented with signs of tachycardia and hypotension suggestive of cardiac tamponade due to pericardial effusion, and pericardiocentesis was performed below the xiphoid process in the cardiology department.

A Case of Cardiac Tamponade With Biventricular Heart Failure in the Setting of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease targeting multiple organs through immune complexes. Pericarditis and pericardial effusions are often encountered; however, cases of biventricular failure are notably less common in the setting of SLE. We report a 43-year-old male patient presenting with cardiac tamponade with biventricular failure in SLE.

Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Treatment of Pericarditis: A Review.

Importance: Pericarditis accounts for up to 5% of emergency department visits for nonischemic chest pain in North America and Western Europe. With appropriate treatment, 70% to 85% of these patients have a benign course. In acute pericarditis, the development of constrictive pericarditis (<0.

Pericardial events associated with ibrutinib-based therapies for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in two landmark trials.

In the past decade, ibrutinib has transformed the treatment landscape for chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). Two pivotal US Intergroups trials (E1912 and A041202) have established ibrutinib as the frontline treatment option for patients with treatment-naïve CLL in both young and fit, and old and frail populations. The cardiovascular side effect profile such as cardiac dysrhythmias, ischemic events and hypertension continues to be meticulously reported in all trials investigating ibrutinib and all other Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors for CLL/SLL.