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. 2001 Aug;86(2):235–240. doi: 10.1136/heart.86.2.235

Management of pericardial effusion

J Soler-Soler, J Sagrista-Sauleda, G Permanyer-Miralda
PMCID: PMC1729838  PMID: 11454853

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Initial approach to aetiologic diagnosis of large pericardial effusion. This flow chart shows the aetiologic likelihood of large pericardial effusion depending on simple clinical data (presence of underlying disease, inflammatory signs, and tamponade). Modified from Sagristà-Sauleda et al.5

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Success rates with 95% confidence intervals for different treatment modalities of malignant pericardial effusions to prevent further pericardial complications. Reproduced form Vaitkus et al28 (Treatment of malignant pericardial effusion. JAMA 1994;272:59-64). Copyrighted (1994), American Medical Association.

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