Distribution of pleural effusion in congestive heart failure: What is atypical?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-523

  Woodring, John H ^a  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844460650     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000152761.02928.88     Document Type: Article

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