Pericardial fat necrosis: A review and update

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-84

  Fred, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL FAT NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950455406     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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