Can pleural effusions cause cardiac tamponade?

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1820-1822

  Alam, Hasan B ^b   Levitt, Adam ^b   Molyneaux, Robert ^b   Davidson, Paul ^b   Sample, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Pericardial effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033390875     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1820     Document Type: Article

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