Contemporary biochemical analysis of normal pericardial fluid.

Massimo ImazioAndrea BiondoDavide RicciMassimo BoffiniEmanuele PivettaAntonio BrucatoCarla GiustettoGaetano Maria De FerrariMauro Rinaldi

Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2019)

Traditional Light's criteria misclassified normal PFs in candidates for cardiac surgery as exudates. This study suggests their futility for the biochemical analysis of PF in clinical practice.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
clinical practice
acute kidney injury