Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , March 2005

Cardiac tamponade as manifestation of advanced thymic carcinoma

  • Ming-Fang Cheng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Sung Tsai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Chun Chiang, RN

      Affiliations

    • Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Herng-Sheng Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint request: H. S. Lee, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan

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PII: S0147-9563(04)00137-2

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.06.009

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 136-141 , March 2005

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