Pulsatile hepatomegaly in constrictive pericarditis.
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Pulsatile hepatomegaly in constrictive pericarditis.
In a study of 30 consecutive patients with constrictive pericarditis diagnosed by clinical, radiological, and echocardiographic criteria 21 (70%) were found to have pulsatile hepatomegaly. The pulsations were felt clinically and confirmed by external hepatic recordings. These pulsations conformed almost identically to the jugular venous pulsations in the neck. The hepatic pulsations disappeared...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1984
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.52.4.465