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March 1, 1978Postgraduate Medicine

Pericardial effusion and electrical alternans

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JSJames A. SbarbaroDrexel UniversityHBHarold L. BrooksBrigham and Women's Hospital

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Supports ECG screening for tamponade suspicion; leaves open prospective validation of combined ECG-echocardiography algorithms.

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Sbarbaro et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a75cde5b1c5cc4eb2b1cfd8https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1978.11714780

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Echocardiography
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