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Successful Management of an Occult Cardiac Tamponade with Prompt Surgical Intervention and a Novel, Defined Pericardial Irrigation Protocol

Purulent pericarditis is a rare entity in the postantibiotic era. It usually occurs in patients who have underlying chronic and immunosuppressing conditions and its presentation in the healthy adult population is quite rare. Infection of the pericardial space can occur via direct extension from infe...

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Autores principales: Jahangeer, Saleem, Gardiner, Rebecca Emily, Forde, Patrick, Hinchion, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26693123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1549302