Massive pericardial effusion in an adult case of congenital hypothyroidism due to a sublingual thyroide

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-103

  Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a   Takahashi, Wataru ^a   Urushibata, Kazuhisa ^a   Sekiguchi, Morie ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Congestive heart failure; Cretinism; Myxoedema; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DWARFISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH FLOOR; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031664258     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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