Bilateral pleural effusions in congestive heart

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 484-488

  Ahmad, Khurram ^a   Gandhi, Malay S ^a   Smith, W Chapman ^a   Weber, Karl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Lymphatic drainage; Pleural effusion; Pleural fluids kinetics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENAZEPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47749140019     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318160ede9     Document Type: Article

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