Pneumopericardium mimicking acute myocardial ischemia after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1002-1004

  Beaver, Jason ^a   Safran, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0032727777     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199910000-00011     Document Type: Article

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