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. 2013 Mar;14(2):152.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12919.

Cardiac tamponade

Jennifer G Wilson  1 , Sara M Epstein, Ralph Wang, Hemal K Kanzaria
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Cardiac tamponade

Jennifer G Wilson et al. West J Emerg Med. 2013 Mar.
No abstract available

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Distended neck vein.
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