Pericardial abscess detected by Gallium-67 scintigraphy 40 years after cardiac surgery

International Heart Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1119-1122

  Mitsuma, Wataru ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Fujita, Satoru ^a   Tsuchida, Keiichi ^a   Takahashi, Masashi ^a   Hayashi, Junichi ^a   Kodama, Makoto ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Pericardial abscess; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GALLIUM 67; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ABSCESS; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; ABSCESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; SCINTISCANNING;

ABSCESS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 30444438685     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.46.1119     Document Type: Article

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