Clearing up Some Doubts With Bubbles After Pericardiocentesis

Tension Pneumopericardium after Pericardiocentesis.

Pneumopericardium is defined as the presence of air inside the pericardial space. Usually, it is reported as a complication of blunt or penetrating chest trauma, but rare iatrogenic and spontaneous cases have been reported. Pneumopericardium is relatively stable if it does not generate a tension effect on the heart. However, it may progress to tension pneumopericardium, which requires immediate...

Echo-guided pericardiocentesis: let the bubbles show the way.

A 75-year-old man with coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, sick sinus syndrome with permanent pacemaker, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and previous exertional dyspnea related to moderately severe mitral regurgitation from myxomatous degeneration and bileaflet prolapse presented with progressively worsening dyspnea several weeks after undergoing successful mitral and tricuspid valve repa...

Clearing Up Homicide Clearance Rates

Maximum Entropy: Clearing up Mysteries

There are several mystifications and a couple of mysteries pertinent to MaxEnt. The mystifications, pitfalls and traps are set up mainly by an unfortunate formulation of Jaynes’ die problem, the cause célèbre of MaxEnt. After discussing the mystifications a new formulation of the problem is proposed. Then we turn to the mysteries. An answer to the recurring question ’Just what are we accomplish...

Images in Cardiovascular Medicine Echo-Guided Pericardiocentesis Let the Bubbles Show the Way

A 75-year-old man with coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, sick sinus syndrome with permanent pacemaker, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and previous exertional dyspnea related to moderately severe mitral regurgitation from myxomatous degeneration and bileaflet prolapse presented with progressively worsening dyspnea several weeks after undergoing successful mitral and tricuspid valve repa...