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  • Title: Pericarditis, pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, and constriction.
    Author: Spodick DH.
    Journal: Crit Care Clin; 1989 Jul; 5(3):455-76. PubMed ID: 2670089.
    Abstract:
    Critical care aspects of pericardial disease are covered, including diagnosis and differential diagnosis of acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion with and without cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis and effusive-constrictive pericarditis. Emphasis is placed on clinical signs and the important invasive and noninvasive diagnostic procedures, particularly various imaging methods (emphasis on echocardiography), electrocardiography, and cardiac catheterization. Medical and surgical therapies are reviewed, and the technique of pericardiocentesis is presented.
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