Calcific constrictive pericarditis with refractory hypokalemia in a patient with Gitelman's syndrome

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-76

  Nachimuthu, Senthil ^a   Balamuthusamy, Saravanan ^a   Irimpen, Anand ^a   Delafontaine, Patrice ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcific constrictive pericarditis; Gitelman's syndrome; Hypokalemia; Refractory ascites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CALCINOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

CALCINOSIS; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE;

EID: 62249142103     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816dd313     Document Type: Article

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