Spectrum of pericardial disease: Part I

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1149-1157

  Mookadam, Farouk ^a   Jiamsripong, Panupong ^a   Oh, Jae K ^b   Khandheria, Bijoy K ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Diagnosis; Pathology; Pericardial perfusion; Pericarditis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETHAMBUTOL; IBUPROFEN; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA DISSECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; INCIDENCE; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; PREVALENCE; RADIATION PERICARDITIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UREMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 70450208139     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.09.71     Document Type: Review

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