Use of "LIMON Test" in Constrictive Pericarditis: a case series
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Use of "LIMON Test" in Constrictive Pericarditis: a case series
Background/Introduction Constrictive pericarditis causes progressively impaired diastolic filling of the heart with associated symptoms of heart failure. High filling pressure in the right atrium creates high hepatic venous pressure with subsequent impairment liver function. Hepatic function has been proposed as an indirect index of cardiac failure in constrictive pericarditis. A non-invasive l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-10-s1-a37