Liver disease from asymptomatic constrictive pericarditis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 956-958

  Sheth, Anish A ^a   Lim, Joseph K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Constrictive pericarditis; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG EDEMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CONGESTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN DILATATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE;

EID: 54549093615     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318031915c     Document Type: Article

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