Usefulness of a hand-carried cardiac ultrasound device for bedside examination of pericardial effusion in patients after cardiac surgery

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 406-407

  Luo, Huai ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Trento, Alfredo ^a   Miyamoto, Takashi ^a   Kobal, Sergio L ^a   Neuman, Yoram ^a   Naqvi, Tasneem Z ^a   Tolstrup, Kirsten ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242683573     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.051     Document Type: Article

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