Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Thirteen patients with tuberculous pericarditis (11 men and 2 women aged 14 to 86 years [mean 60.0 +/- 17.0]), treated initially with antituberculous medications were analyzed. All patients underwent pericardiocentesis on admission following echocardiography. RESULTS:
Dyspnea was the most common clinical pictures. Bloody effusion fluids were noted in 10 patients. Moreover, the lymphocytic fluids were present in 78% of all patients. The neutrophilic fluids tended to have a bloody color, and there was progress to constrictive pericarditis even for those on anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. Five patients with subsequent constrictive pericarditis received pericardiectomy within 3.5 months of admission. Three of them received pericardiectomy later, despite pericardial window procedure. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | W T Chen, C C Chen, F C Yu, C Y Shen, C C Lin |
Journal | Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed
(Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei))
Vol. 58
Issue 1
Pg. 7-11
(Jul 1996)
ISSN: 0578-1337 [Print] China (Republic : 1949- ) |
PMID | 8870320
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Echocardiography
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pericarditis, Tuberculous
(diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
- Retrospective Studies
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