Evaluation of children with a large pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-133

  Guven, Hasan ^a,c   Bakiler, A Rahmi ^a   Ulger, Zulal ^b   Iseri, Bahadir ^a   Kozan, Meral ^a   Dorak, Coskun ^a  

^a TEPECIK EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cardiac tamponade; Large pericardial effusion; Pericardiocentesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL PERICARDITIS; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUBERCULOSIS; UREMIC PERICARDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 34247490658     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.2.2020232     Document Type: Review

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