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The clinical scenario of a patient who presents with symptomatic large pericardial effusion is relatively common in hospital-based practice [1]. Two management questions usually emerge: (1) should this effusion be drained?; (2) how should we do it? Percutaneous drainage of pericardial effusions with echocardiographic guidance has emerged as a commonly employed therapeutic and diagnostic option for these patients [2].
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Sherrid, M.V. (2014). Echocardiography-Guided Pericardial Drainage. In: Herzog, E. (eds) Management of Pericardial Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06124-5_11
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