HIV induced pericarditis surgery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]
Overview
Overview
Surgery
Surgery
- Symptomatic large effusions without cardiac tamponade:
- Requires pericardiocentesis for both therapeutic and diagnostic purposes, to identify possible etiology.
- Pericarditis with cardiac tamponade:
- Occurs in 33-40% of patients.[1]
- Warrants immediate pericardiocentesis and a catheter is placed in the pericardial sac for the next 48 hours to continuously drain fluid by underwater-seal suction.
- Recurrent pericardial effusion:
- Either subxiphoid pericardiotomy with creation of a pericardial window[2][3] or balloon pericardiotomy can be considered.[4][5]
- Large pericardial effusions with unknown etiology:
- Empiric antituberculous therapy for M.tuberculosis have shown some benefit in patients with AIDS.[6][7][8]
References
References
- ↑ Chen Y, Brennessel D, Walters J, Johnson M, Rosner F, Raza M (1999) Human immunodeficiency virus-associated pericardial effusion: report of 40 cases and review of the literature. Am Heart J 137 (3):516-21. PMID: 10047635
- ↑ Flum DR, McGinn JT, Tyras DH (1995) The role of the ‘pericardial window’ in AIDS. Chest 107 (6):1522-5. PMID: 7781340
- ↑ Gouny P, Lancelin C, Girard PM, Hocquet-Cheynel C, Rozenbaum W, Nussaume O (1998) Pericardial effusion and AIDS: benefits of surgical drainage. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 13 (2):165-9. PMID: 9583822
- ↑ Ziskind AA, Pearce AC, Lemmon CC, Burstein S, Gimple LW, Herrmann HC et al. (1993) Percutaneous balloon pericardiotomy for the treatment of cardiac tamponade and large pericardial effusions: description of technique and report of the first 50 cases. J Am Coll Cardiol 21 (1):1-5. PMID: 8417048
- ↑ Marcy PY, Bondiau PY, Brunner P (2005) Percutaneous treatment in patients presenting with malignant cardiac tamponade. Eur Radiol 15 (9):2000-9. DOI:10.1007/s00330-004-2611-y PMID: 15662494
- ↑ Small PM, Schecter GF, Goodman PC, Sande MA, Chaisson RE, Hopewell PC (1991) Treatment of tuberculosis in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med 324 (5):289-94. DOI:10.1056/NEJM199101313240503 PMID: 1898769
- ↑ Sunderam G, McDonald RJ, Maniatis T, Oleske J, Kapila R, Reichman LB (1986) Tuberculosis as a manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). JAMA 256 (3):362-6. PMID: 3723722
- ↑ Syed FF, Mayosi BM (2007) A modern approach to tuberculous pericarditis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 50 (3):218-36. DOI:10.1016/j.pcad.2007.03.002 PMID: 17976506
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