Impending cardiac tamponade: A case report highlighting the value of bedside echocardiography

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-419

  Price, Ali S ^a   Leech, Stephen J ^a   Sierzenski, Paul R ^a  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac tamponade; emergency; pericardial effusion; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TACHYCARDIA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646889048     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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