Usefulness of echocardiographic intrapericardial abnormalities in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericardial effusion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1133-1135

  Liu, Ping Yenn ^a   Li, Yi Heng ^a   Tsai, Wei Chuan ^a   Tsai, Liang Miin ^a   Chao, Ting Hsing ^a   Yung, Yu Jen ^b   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a,b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035328129     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01481-3     Document Type: Article

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