Pericardial windows have limited diagnostic success

Abstract Background Pericardial effusion (PE) is a common finding in patients who have chronic cardiac failure, who had undergone cardiac surgery, or who have certain other benign and malignant diseases. Pericardial drainage procedures are often requested for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes...

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Main Authors: Lindsay Volk, Hirohisa Ikegami, Leonard Y. Lee, Anthony Lemaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0774-x