Cardiac tamponade without pericardial effusion after blunt chest trauma

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-200

  Levin, Steven ^a   Maldonado, Ivan ^a   Rehm, Christina ^a   Ross, Steven ^a   Weiss, Richard L ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030052624     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90072-1     Document Type: Article

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