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Changes in plasma BNP level following VATS drainage of pericardial effusion and formation of a pericardial window
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The investigations revealed haemoglobin of 11.0 g/dL, WCC 4.4 x109/L, Na 140 mmol/L, K 4.8 mmol/L, creatinine 446 umol/L, urea 17.8 mmol/L and CRP 15 mg/L (Fig. 1). There was early diastolic right ventricular (RV) collapse with significant respiratory variation in the ventricular filling (Fig. 1).