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The idea of nonsurgically entering the normal pericardial sac for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes was unrealistic until recently. This was largely due to the perception that access to the pericardial space by a pericardial puncture was only safely possible in the presence of a sizable pericardial effusion.
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Maisch, B., Ristić, A.D., Seferović, P.M., Tsang, T.S.M. (2011). Pericardiocentesis in the Absence of Effusion. In: Interventional Pericardiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11335-2_6
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