A small pericardial effusion is a marker of increased mortality

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Mitiku, Teferi Y ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650289029     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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