Pleural effusion causing cardiac tamponade: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-67

  Kopterides, Petros ^a,b   Lignos, Michalis ^a   Papanikolaou, Spyros ^a   Papadomichelakis, Evangelos ^a   Mentzelopoulos, Spyros ^a   Armaganidis, Apostolos ^a   Panou, Fotios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 30844451617     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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