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Beck triad

Beck triad (Page S. Beck, amer. surgeon, sort. in 1894) – a combination of ascites and the increased central venous pressure, and also hemodynamic and radiological symptoms of a hypokinesia of heart; it is noted at chronic cardial compression.

 
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