Pericardiectomy for radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Barbetakis, Nikolaos ^a   Xenikakis, Theocharis ^b   Paliouras, Dimitrios ^a   Asteriou, Christos ^a   Samanidis, George ^a   Kleontas, Athanasios ^a   Lafaras, Christos ^a   Platogiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Bischiniotis, Theodoros ^a   Tsilikas, Christodoulos ^b  

^a THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constrictive pericarditis; Pericardiectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 77953301269     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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