Initial echocardiographic characteristics of pericardial effusion determine the pericardial complications

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Kim, Sang Hyun ^a   Song, Jong Min ^a   Jung, In Hyun ^a   Kim, Mi Jeong ^a   Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Pericardial effusion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650754599     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.033     Document Type: Article

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