"Pericardiectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical excision (total or partial) of a portion of the pericardium. Pericardiotomy refers to incision of the pericardium.
| Descriptor ID |
D010492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.100.376.735 E04.928.220.605
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| Concept/Terms |
Pericardiectomy- Pericardiectomy
- Pericardiectomies
- Pericardectomy
- Pericardectomies
Pericardiotomy- Pericardiotomy
- Pericardiotomies
- Pericardotomy
- Pericardotomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericardiectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Acute Cardiac Tamponade: A Case of Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 Complication During Air Medical Transportation. Air Med J. 2021 May-Jun; 40(3):179-181.
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Pediatric COVID-19 and Pericarditis Presenting With Acute Pericardial Tamponade. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2020 11; 11(6):802-804.
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Outcomes of idiopathic chronic large pericardial effusion. Heart. 2019 03; 105(6):477-481.
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[Ten questions about constrictive pericarditis]. G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2018 Jul-Aug; 19(7):412-419.
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Primary prevention of post-pericardiotomy syndrome using corticosteroids: a systematic review. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018 Jun; 16(6):405-412.
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Posterior Left pericardiotomy for the prevention of postoperative Atrial fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery (PALACS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Dec 13; 18(1):593.
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Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis. Cardiol Clin. 2017 Nov; 35(4):505-513.
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Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 09 13; 9:CD000526.
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Experience With Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis Over Eight Decades. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Sep; 104(3):742-750.
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Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy: Treatment of choice in patients with advanced oncological disease and severe pericardial effusion. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2017 Jul - Aug; 18(5S1):S14-S17.