The Hemodynamic Signs of Constrictive Pericarditis Can Be Mimicked by Tricuspid Regurgitation

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 320-326

  Studley, Jill ^a   Tighe, Dennis A ^a,b   Joelson, John M ^a   Flack III, Joseph E ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Pericardium; Tricuspid regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0242497192     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000089527.66713.7f     Document Type: Article

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