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What is the diagnostic role of echocardiography in identifying pericardial complications following cardiac surgery?
What is the diagnostic role of echocardiography in identifying pericardial complications following cardiac surgery?
Echocardiography is a key diagnostic modality for identifying and characterizing pericardial complications, including loculated effusions and tamponade, after cardiac surgery.
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Echocardiography aids post-cardiac surgery pericardial assessment; leaves open need for prospective validation in contemporary cohorts.
D’Cruz et al. (1992) studied this question.
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