Cardiac Tamponade
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Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted June 7, 2012; Revision received: July 5, 2012; Accepted August 3, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12919 [West J Emerg Med 2013;14(2):152.] University of Calfornia San Francisco, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical Care, San Francisco, California University of California San Francisco, Department of Internal Medicine, San Francisco, California University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco California University of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Service Research, Los Angeles, California
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