Echocardiographically guided pericardiocentesis - The gold standard for the management of pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1251-1255

  Salem, Khaled ^a   Mulji, Amin ^a   Lonn, Eva ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HGH McMaster Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Echocardiography; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033428548     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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