Presentation pattern and management of effusive-constrictive pericarditis in Ibadan
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Presentation pattern and management of effusive–constrictive pericarditis in Ibadan
BACKGROUND Effusive-constrictive pericarditis is a syndrome in which constriction by the visceral pericardium occurs in the presence of a dense effusion in a free pericardial space. Treatment of this disease is problematic because pericardiocentesis does not relieve the impaired filling of the heart and surgical removal of the visceral pericardium is challenging. We sought to provide further in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1995-1892,1680-0745
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2011-066