TY - JOUR T1 - Long-term peritoneal port-catheter in a patient with cardiac ascites JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2017-219258 VL - 2017 SP - bcr-2017-219258 AU - Albulena Mecinaj AU - Frode Reier-Nilsen AU - Tri Minh Le AU - Kjetil Steine Y1 - 2017/07/19 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2017-219258.abstract N2 - A peritoneal port-catheter was inserted in a 70-year-old man because of repeated paracentesis due to cardiac ascites. Instead of frequent hospital admissions, the patient could drain his ascites at home, which dramatically improved his quality of life and enabled him to perform his daily activities. ER -