Mechanism of pericardial expansion with cardiac enlargement

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Kardon, David E ^a   Borczuk, Alain C ^a,b   Factor, Stephen M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMEGALY; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0034594473     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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