Amoebiasis: a rare cause of cardiac tamponade.
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Amoebiasis: a rare cause of cardiac tamponade.
Cardiac tamponade secondary to perforation of a hepatic amoebic abscess developed six years after the patient had visited an area where Entamoeba histolytica is endemic. He was treated with metronidazole and imipenem, emergency percutaneous catheter drainage, and open surgical drainage.
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.71.4.368