Percutaneous pericardiocentesis: Safety first!

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-36

  Lazaros, George ^a   Imazio, Massimo ^b,c   Tousoulis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b MARIA VITTORIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROCEDURES; SAFETY;

HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; SAFETY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84927697160     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368892     Document Type: Editorial

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