Two-dimensional echocardiographic demonstration of left ventricular diastolic collapse due to compression by pleural effusion.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
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A
Kisanuki
H
H
Shono
K
K
Kiyonaga
M
M
Kawataki
Y
Y
Otsuji
S
S
Minagoe
S
S
Nakao
K
K
Nomoto
H
H
Tanaka
D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003971:Diastole; D004452:Echocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*