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intrapericardial
in·tra·per·i·car·di·al
Definitions related to intrapericardial route of drug administration:
  • (intrapericardial) Administration within the pericardium. (FDA)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (intrapericardial route of administration) Administration of a drug within the pericardium. Intrapericardial application of therapeutic agents provides a strategy for site-specific treatment of heart or coronary diseases. The magnitude of the local advantage depends on substance exchange between the local and the blood compartments and on substance elimination from these compartments.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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