Clinical manifestations and outcomes of constrictive pericarditis in children

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 402-407

  Chen, Chun An ^a   Lin, Ming Tai ^a   Wu, En Ting ^a   Lu, Leigh ^a   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a   Chen, Yih Shang ^a   Chang, Chung I ^a   Chiu, Ing Sh ^a   Wu, Mei Hwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Disease attributes; Pericardiectomy; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERICARDIECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23844470940     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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