Management of pericardial effusion

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1186-1197

  Imazio, Massimo ^a   Adler, Yehuda ^b  

^a MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnosis; Management; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CA 72-4 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLCHICINE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877619397     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs372     Document Type: Review

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