Incidence and factors associated with pericardial effusion after cardiac valve surgery

Incidence and factors associated with pericardial effusion after cardiac valve surgery

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Introduction: Pericardial effusion (PE) is a postoperative complication of cardiac valve surgery, related to early hospital readmissions and death. We aimed to describe its incidence and to identify predictive factors of moderate-to-severe PE in a contemporary cohort. Methods: We retrospectively rev...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Ferreira Martins, Adriano Heemann Pereira Neto, Lucas Danielli, Lisandra Almeida Nunes, Maria Vitória França do Amaral, Paulo Kalil, Orlando Wender, Murilo Foppa, Ângela Barreto Santiago Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2017-04-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Adult
pericardium
postoperative care
Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/69289

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