Management of pericardial effusion: The role of echocardiography in establishing the indications and the selection of the approach for drainage

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Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-150

  Ristic, Arsen D ^a   Seferovic, Petar M ^a   Maisch, Bernhard ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 17744388777     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-005-2670-0     Document Type: Review

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