Echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of pericardial disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 533-544

  Pepi, Mauro ^a   Muratori, Manuela ^a  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Constrictive pericarditis; Echocardiography; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM CYST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 33746602326     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000234772.73454.57     Document Type: Review

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