Add to ORKGThe etiologic evaluation of pericardial effusion is frequently unsuccessful when noninvasive methods are used. To determine the cause of the current episode, all patients with echographically identified pericardial effusion from May 1998 to December 2002 underwent noninvasive diagnostic testing of blood, throat, and stool samples. Patients with postpericardiotomy syndrome were excluded. To analyze the value of our tests, we tested randomly selected blood donors as negative controls. Among 204 included patients, 107 (52.4%) had a final etiologic diagnosis: the etiology of 52 was highly suspected at first examination and later confirmed (thyroid deficiency, 5 cases; systemic lupus erythematous, 7; rheumatoid arthritis, 7; scleroderma, 3; canc...
Pericardial effusion is a common pathology in clinical practice. The etiology of pericardial effusio...
tests in our patient excluded the possibility of collagen disease or infections. It is of interest t...
Objectives. Chronic pericardial effusion may be challenging in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Spe...
The etiologic evaluation of pericardial effusion is frequently unsuccessful when noninvasive methods...
Aims Aetiological investigations of pericardial effusion are often negative. We evaluate the interes...
Objective: To show etiology, diagnostic methods, and treatment options of patients with severe peric...
Background Pericardial effusion is one of the most prevalent disorders . Pericardial effusion can cr...
Pericardial effusion may be detected as an incidental finding during echocardiography or following a...
Abstract- Pericardial effusion is especially important clinically when it develops within relatively...
Background: Pericardial effusions may be discovered incidentally or as life-threatening scenario of ...
Background:Although relatively rare, pericardial effusions secondary to hypothyroidism have been wel...
Background. The pericardial biopsy has opened a new perspective for the etiologic diagnosis of peric...
BACKGROUND: The cause of pericardial disease often is unclear. Pericardial surgery provides a unique...
Objectives: We reviewed patients who were diagnosed to have pericardial effusion (PE) over a four-ye...
The cause of acute and recurrent pericarditis is often a major concern for the clinicians in clinica...
Pericardial effusion is a common pathology in clinical practice. The etiology of pericardial effusio...
tests in our patient excluded the possibility of collagen disease or infections. It is of interest t...
Objectives. Chronic pericardial effusion may be challenging in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Spe...
The etiologic evaluation of pericardial effusion is frequently unsuccessful when noninvasive methods...
Aims Aetiological investigations of pericardial effusion are often negative. We evaluate the interes...
Objective: To show etiology, diagnostic methods, and treatment options of patients with severe peric...
Background Pericardial effusion is one of the most prevalent disorders . Pericardial effusion can cr...
Pericardial effusion may be detected as an incidental finding during echocardiography or following a...
Abstract- Pericardial effusion is especially important clinically when it develops within relatively...
Background: Pericardial effusions may be discovered incidentally or as life-threatening scenario of ...
Background:Although relatively rare, pericardial effusions secondary to hypothyroidism have been wel...
Background. The pericardial biopsy has opened a new perspective for the etiologic diagnosis of peric...
BACKGROUND: The cause of pericardial disease often is unclear. Pericardial surgery provides a unique...
Objectives: We reviewed patients who were diagnosed to have pericardial effusion (PE) over a four-ye...
The cause of acute and recurrent pericarditis is often a major concern for the clinicians in clinica...
Pericardial effusion is a common pathology in clinical practice. The etiology of pericardial effusio...
tests in our patient excluded the possibility of collagen disease or infections. It is of interest t...
Objectives. Chronic pericardial effusion may be challenging in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Spe...