Myxedema associated with cardiac tamponade

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-450

  Lin, Chih Ta ^a   Lui, Chih Jen ^a   Lin, Tin Kwang ^a   Chen, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Bin Chen ^a   Lin, Chih Lon ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Myxedema; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY SKIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; JUGULAR VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; MYXEDEMA; P WAVE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; TAIWAN; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; VEIN DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID TUMOR;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYXEDEMA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE;

EID: 0037830110     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.447     Document Type: Article

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