Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 187-189 , March 1996

Direct demonstration of an air-fluid interface by two-dimensional echocardiography: A new diagnostic sign of hydropneumopericardium

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 187-189 , March 1996

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