Hepatitis C virus-associated pericardial effusion and tamponade in a liver transplant recipient

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 719-721

  Nikolaidis, Lazaros A ^a,c   Azzouz, Maher ^a   Friedlander, Lois ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b   Gradman, Alan H ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Liver transplantation; Pericardial effusion; Pericardial tamponade; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ATENOLOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LAMIVUDINE; NIFEDIPINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; RECIPIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 3242775525     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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