Symptomatic malignant pericardial effusion due to advanced pericardial malignancies: a palliative approach.

J Thorac Dis

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford, CT, USA ; 2 Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT, USA ; 3 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA ; 4 Saint Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.

Published: April 2015

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