TY - JOUR
T1 - Significance of pericardial effusion after heart transplantation
AU - Ciliberto, Guglielma R.
AU - Anjos, Maria C.
AU - Gronda, Edoardo
AU - Bonacina, Edgardo
AU - Danzi, Gianbattista
AU - Colombo, Paola
AU - Mangiavacchi, Maurizio
AU - Alberti, Antonia
AU - Frigerio, Maria
AU - De Vita, Claudio
PY - 1995/8/1
Y1 - 1995/8/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of pericardial effusion after heart transplantation and to assess its correlation with acute rejection. One hundred fifty transplanted patients were followed up for the first year: serial echocardiographic studies were performed on the same day as were the endomyocardial biopsies; hemodynamic studies and coronary angiographies were performed 1 year after transplant. Ten days after surgery, pericardial effusion was absent in 77 patients, small in 52, moderate in 14, and large in 7, and was significantly related to severe postoperative bleeding (p
AB - The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of pericardial effusion after heart transplantation and to assess its correlation with acute rejection. One hundred fifty transplanted patients were followed up for the first year: serial echocardiographic studies were performed on the same day as were the endomyocardial biopsies; hemodynamic studies and coronary angiographies were performed 1 year after transplant. Ten days after surgery, pericardial effusion was absent in 77 patients, small in 52, moderate in 14, and large in 7, and was significantly related to severe postoperative bleeding (p
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80085-X
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80085-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 7618628
AN - SCOPUS:0029159919
VL - 76
SP - 297
EP - 300
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 4
ER -