Electric Alternans in Pericardial Effusion
- 1 June 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 11 (6), 837-843
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.11.6.837
Abstract
Evidence is presented which indicates that electric alternation is frequently associated with pericardial effusion; that this alternation is of a unique type; and that it is caused by movement of the heart in the fluid filled pericardial sac.Keywords
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