Should pericardial drainage be performed routinely in patients who have a large pericardial effusion without tamponade?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-109

  Mercé, Jordi ^a,b   Sagristà Sauleda, Jaume ^a   Permanyer Miralda, Gaietà ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032144502     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00192-2     Document Type: Article

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