pericardiostomy

Francisco Romero was a spanish physician who became the first heart surgeon by performing an open pericardiostomy to treat a pericardial effusion in 1801.

Transcutaneous balloon pericardiostomy is another technique that is less invasive than open surgical approaches, which include subxiphoid pericardial windows, thoracotomy with pericardiopleural window formation,[44] and thoracotomy with pericardectomy.

BALLOON PERICARDIOSTOMY A catheter with a balloon tip is inserted through the chest and into the pericardium.