PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shamik Aikat
AU  - Sasan Ghaffari
TI  - A review of pericardial diseases: Clinical, ECG and hemodynamic features and management
DP  - 2000 Dec 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 903--914
VI  - 67
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/12/903.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/12/903.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Dec 01; 67
AB  - Pericardial diseases are common, have multiple causes, and are often misdiagnosed. Physicians need to recognize the characteristic and distinguishing features of the three most important pericardial conditions: acute pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, and constrictive pericarditis. In these conditions, proper diagnosis and appropriate management can significantly reduce morbidity and mortality.