Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Jun 2002
Case ReportsPericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade as a form of presentation of primary hypothyroidism.
The authors describe a case of pericardial effusion accompanied by cardiac tamponade caused by primary hypothyroidism. Diagnosis was made by exclusion, because other causes of cardiac tamponade are more frequent. Emergency treatment of cardiac tamponade is pericardiocentesis (with possible pericardial window), and, after stabilization, performance of hormonal reposition therapy with L-thyroxin.
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Aug 2001
ReviewPrognostic factors of the results of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a cardiology hospital.
To analyze the early and late results of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a cardiology hospital and to try to detect prognostic determinants of both short- and long-term survival. ⋯ The results in our series may serve as a helpful guide to physicians with the difficult task of deciding when not to resuscitate or when to stop resuscitation efforts.