Left Ventricular Diastolic Collapse and Late Regional Cardiac Tamponade Postcardiac Surgery Caused by Large Left Pleural Effusion

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 978.e9-978.e11

  Bilku, Rajinder S ^a   Bilku, Dilraj K ^a   Rosin, Michael D ^a   Been, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Echocardiography; Pleural effusion; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC COLLAPSE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 47649124072     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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