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- Hemopericardium
- Pneumopericardium
- Chylopericardium
- Pericardial effusion
- Congenital absence of the pericardium
- Pericardial window
- Pericardial sac
- Pericardial friction rub
- Pericardiectomy
- Pericardiocentesis
- Pericardium
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Suggested Links and Web Resources
- Pericarditis - Mayo Clinic series
- Pericarditis - cardiologychannel.com
- Pericarditis information from Seattle Children's Hospital Heart Center
- Pulsus paradoxus - Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericarditis
- SeeMyHeart - Patient Information on Echocardiograms (Heart Ultrasounds)
- American Society of Echocardiography
- Stress Test with Echocardiography from Angioplasty.Org
- Echocardiography information from Children's Hospital Heart Center, Seattle.
- Coronary heart disease And echocardiography
- Echocardiography Resources Simple echocardiography tutorials
- Atlas of Echocardiography Echocardiography Database
- E-chocardiography Internet Journal of Cardiac Ultrasound
- Echobasics Basic introduction to echocardiography - German/Spanish English planned for 2007
- Echocardiography Basic information about echocardiography - HealthwoRx
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