RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intrapericardial bleomycin for the management of cardiac tamponade secondary to malignant pericardial effusion.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 61
OP 62
DO 10.1136/hrt.63.1.61
VO 63
IS 1
A1 M C Cormican
A1 C R Nyman
YR 1990
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/63/1/61.abstract
AB A patient with malignant pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade was treated by the instillation of intrapericardial bleomycin. The tumour deposits elsewhere in the body continued to progress and eventually killed the patient, but drainage and one dose of intrapericardial bleomycin prevented further episodes of pericardial effusion.