Diastolic hibernation masquerading as constrictive pericarditis

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-237

  Cain, Brian S ^a,c   Meldrum, Daniel R ^a   Joo, Kyung S ^a   Davis, Robert J ^b   Harken, Alden H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Internal Medicine Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIASTOLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0031447921     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1997.tb00131.x     Document Type: Article

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