Pericardiocentesis guided by 2-D echocardiography: The method of choice for treatment of pericardial effusion

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Lindenberger, M ^a   Kjellberg, M ^a   Karlsson, E ^a   Wranne, Bengt ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 D echocardiography; Aetiology; Cardiac surgery; Cardiac tamponade; Pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037390546     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2003.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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