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Cough echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Echocardiography/Ultrasound
Cardiac complications of cough such as cough induced syncope can be evaluated with echocardiography.[1][2][3][4]
References
References
- ↑ Ramirez R, Lasam G (2017). “Cough induced syncope: A hint to cardiac tamponade diagnosis”. World J Cardiol. 9 (5): 466–469. doi:10.4330/wjc.v9.i5.466. PMC 5442416. PMID 28603595 PMID: 28603595 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Dhar R, Duke RJ, Sealey BJ (2003). “Cough syncope from constrictive pericarditis: a case report”. Can J Cardiol. 19 (3): 295–6. PMID 12677285 PMID: 12677285 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Saito Y, Donohue A, Attai S, Vahdat A, Brar R, Handapangoda I; et al. (2008). “The syndrome of cardiac tamponade with “small” pericardial effusion”. Echocardiography. 25 (3): 321–7. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00567.x. PMID 18307446 PMID: 18307446 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Guntheroth WG (2007). “Sensitivity and specificity of echocardiographic evidence of tamponade: implications for ventricular interdependence and pulsus paradoxus”. Pediatr Cardiol. 28 (5): 358–62. doi:10.1007/s00246-005-0807-9. PMID 17710357 PMID: 17710357 Check
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