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Grossly elevated plasma BNP does not exclude the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis

Pericardial effusion with constrictive physiology describes a condition in which the pericardial fluid and thickened and dense pericardium limit left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling and prevent ventricular stretch. This leads to equalization of the end-diastolic pressure in cardiac chambers and p...

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Autores principales: Mouyis, Kyriacos, Singer, Donald, Missouris, Constantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30697427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy110