A Safer Way to Conduct Pericardiocentesis – A Procedure Begging for a Technology to Reduce Mortality
Meet Georgia Tech BME Fall 2021 Capstone Team Five of Hearts The Unmet Need Heart disease, Viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and cancer can all cause excess fluid to fill the pericardial sac. Physicians frequently perform “pericardiocentesis” by inserting a large 18-gauge needle through the patient’s chest and into the pericardial space to drain this…