Characteristics of Pleural Effusions in Acute Idiopathic Pericarditis and Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Feb;13(2):298-300. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201510-668LE.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Deaminase / metabolism
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / metabolism
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Erythrocyte Count
  • Exudates and Transudates / cytology
  • Exudates and Transudates / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Pericarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericarditis / metabolism*
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Effusion / metabolism*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / metabolism*
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Radiography
  • Registries*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Proteins
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
  • Adenosine Deaminase

Supplementary concepts

  • Donath-Landsteiner hemolytic anemia