Pericardial effusion in the elderly: A different disease?;Derrame pericárdico en el paciente anciano: ¿Una enfermedad diferente?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1432-1436

  Mercé, Jordi ^b,c   Sagristà Sauleda, Jaume ^b   Permanyer Miralda, Gaietà ^b   Carballo, Juli ^b   Olona, Montserrat ^a   Soler Soler, Jordi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Hosp Universitari Tarragona J   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034331432     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(00)75260-2     Document Type: Article

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