Pericardiectomy
"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,
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pericardiectomy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Pericardiectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericardiectomy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Chaus A, Uretsky BF. Treating cardiac tamponade due to malignant effusion with percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy: Back to the future. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 03; 103(4):682-683.
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Agarwal SK, Vallurupalli S, Uretsky BF, Hakeem A. Effectiveness of colchicine for the prevention of recurrent pericarditis and post-pericardiotomy syndrome: an updated meta-analysis of randomized clinical data. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Pharmacother. 2015 Apr; 1(2):117-25.