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See Latest ArticlesNew Treatment Could Spare Heart Patients From More Surgery
Ivanhoe, 09/24/09
Researchers have discovered a minimally invasive procedure that dramatically cuts costs and could spare heart patients further surgery. It's called CT–guided tube pericardiostomy and it's used to treat pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart which occurs following heart surgery. Traditional treatment involves an invasive surgical drainage technique. The CT–guided pericardiostomy is just as effective requiring no recovery time, fewer resources, and provides an 89 percent cost savings over the surgical drainage technique, according to a new study.
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