Use of Pericardial Fluid pH to Distinguish between Idiopathic and Neoplastic Effusions

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-529

  Fine, Deborah M ^a   Tobias, Anthony H ^a,b   Jacob, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Cardiac tumor; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PH; PROGNOSIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART TUMOR; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; THYROID TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYMPHOMA, DIFFUSE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINNESOTA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041883780     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0525:UOPFPT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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