Left ventricular tamponade - A clinical chameleon

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-327

  Mollmann H ^a   Zirlik, A ^b   Nef, H M ^a   Weber, M ^a   Hamm, C W ^a   Elsasser A ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Myocardial infarction; Pericardial effusion; Pericardial tamponade

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; PROTAMINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPLEGIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE BYPASS; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548413757     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955881     Document Type: Article

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