Postpericardiotomy syndrome following temporary and permanent transvenous pacing

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 884, 1999, Pages 357-358

  Bajaj, Balwinder P S ^a,b   Evans, Keith E ^a   Thomas, Philip ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacing; Postpericardiotomy syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032914408     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.884.357     Document Type: Article

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