Recurrent late cardiac tamponade following cardiac surgery: A deceiving and potentially lethal complication

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-584

  Harskamp, Ralf E ^a   Meuzelaar, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardiac tamponade; Echocardiography; Late tamponade; Recurrent tamponade

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149389360     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.5.2056247     Document Type: Article

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