Surgical treatment for incessant pericarditis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-162

  Hota, Susy S ^a   Chow, ChiMing ^a   Bonneau, Daniel ^a   Chisholm, Robert J ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLCHICINE; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTRITIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; THORAX PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 65449189230     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70048-0     Document Type: Letter

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