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Echocardiographic features of cardiac compression by a thymoma simulating cardiac tamponade and obstruction of the superior vena cava.

A patient with a large tumour of the superior mediastinum, detected by routine chest X-ray examination, is presented. Compression of the heart and the superior mediastinum produced the clinical picture of cardiac tamponade and obstruction of the superior vena cava and trachea. The solid nature of th...

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Published in:Br Heart J
Main Authors: Canedo, M I, Otken, L, Stefadouros, M A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 1977
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC483366/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/907770/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.39.9.1038
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