eComment. Surgical or percutaneous pericardiocentesis in symptomatic pericardial effusion
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Pericardial Effusion and Pericardiocentesis: Role of Echocardiography
Pericardial effusion can develop from any pericardial disease, including pericarditis and several systemic disorders, such as malignancies, pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic renal failure, thyroid diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The causes of large pericardial effusion requiring invasive pericardiocentesis may vary according to the time, country, and hospital. Transthoracic echocardiography is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs577