Pericardial surgery: pericarditis, effusion and tamponade
The pericardium is the membrane surrounding the heart. When it becomes inflamed, fills with fluid or stiffens, it can limit the heart's work and call for specialised treatment.
What it is
Pericardial effusion is a build-up of fluid. If it grows quickly, tamponade compresses the heart and needs urgent drainage.
In constrictive pericarditis the pericardium thickens and stiffens; surgery consists of removing it (pericardiectomy).
When it is used
- Pericardial effusion and tamponade.
- Recurrent pericarditis that does not respond to medical treatment.
- Constrictive pericarditis.
How Salomed Bio helps
Salomed Bio brings cardiac surgery teams the devices and materials that support these procedures, with commercial presence across Spain.
Other treatments
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