Pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade as a cardiac manifestation of duchenne muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Lin, Jainn Jim ^a   Hwang, Mao Sheng ^a   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a   Chung, Hung Tao ^a   Chang, Yu Sheng ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; MILRINONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; COUGHING; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69749085715     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21346     Document Type: Article

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