Cor Vasa 2012, 54(7-8):e258-e260 | DOI: 10.1016/j.crvasa.2012.05.014
Pericardial effusion as a first sign of systemic scleroderma
- a Ústav normalnej a patologickej fyziológie Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, Slovenská republika
- b V. interná klinika, Univerzitná nemocnica Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovenská republika
Keywords: Dyspnoe; Echokardiografia; Perikardiálna efúzia; Systémová skleróza
Received: April 16, 2012; Accepted: May 29, 2012; Published: July 1, 2012 Show citation
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