Primary and secondary purulent pericarditis in otherwise healthy adults

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 652-654

  Leoncini, Giacomo ^a   Iurilli, Luciano ^a   Queirolo, Augusto ^a   Catrambone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrapericardial thrombolysis; Pericardiectomy; Purulent pericarditis; Subxiphoid pericardial drainage

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATISM; SEPSIS; SHOCK; THORACOTOMY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 33749380668     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.131912     Document Type: Article

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