Pericardial and pleural effusions in congestive heart failure - Anatomical, pathophysiologic, and clinical considerations

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-216

  Natanzon, Alex ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Pericardial effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; VENOUS CIRCULATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HEART FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 70349258019     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a3936f     Document Type: Review

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