Spontaneous pneumopericardium due to exertion

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-52

  Westermann, Gerald W ^a   Suwelack, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037280123     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047762.92538.EC     Document Type: Article

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