Pericardial effusion as a consequence of acute myocardial infarction

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-320

  Gregor, Pavel ^a   Widimský, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Echocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRESSLER SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RUPTURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; Q WAVE;

EID: 0032915517     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00820.x     Document Type: Article

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