Pericardial Effusion with Cardiac Tamponade as a Form of Presentation of Primary Hypothyroidism
The authors describe a case of pericardial effusion accompanied by cardiac tamponade caused by primary hypothyroidism. Diagnosis was made by exclusion, because other causes of cardiac tamponade are more frequent. Emergency treatment of cardiac tamponade is pericardiocentesis (with possible pericardi...
Main Authors: | Acir Rachid, Leiber C. Caum, Ana Paula Trentini, Carlos A. Fischer, Dênis A. J. Antonelli, Rafael P. Hagemann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2002-06-01
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Series: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000600005 |
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