Delayed hemopericardium after penetrating chest trauma: Thoracoscopic pericardial window as a therapeutic option

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 994-998

  Caceres, Manuel ^a   Buechter, Kennan ^b   Rodriguez, Jaime A ^b   Liu, Donald ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemopericardium; Penetrating chest trauma; Thoracoscopic pleuropericardial window

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; STAB WOUND; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIDEOTHORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 6344247465     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000129933.13686.A7     Document Type: Article

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