Tuberculous pericarditis in transkei

In the Transkei it was so frequently found that it was referred to as the “Transkei Heart.” The prognosis in tuberculous pericarditis is invariably bad and death may take place within one or two years but more often within a few months. Michael Gelfand The Sick African, Third Edition, 1957

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 1984-12, Vol.7 (12), p.667-670
1. Verfasser:	Strang, J. I. G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Electrocardiography Heart - diagnostic imaging Humans pericardial effusion Pericardial Effusion - diagnosis Pericardial Effusion - diagnostic imaging Pericardial Effusion - pathology Pericardial Effusion - therapy pericarditis Pericarditis - diagnosis Pericarditis - diagnostic imaging Pericarditis - pathology Pericarditis - therapy Pericarditis, Constrictive - physiopathology Radiography South Africa tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - diagnostic imaging Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - pathology Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	In the Transkei it was so frequently found that it was referred to as the “Transkei Heart.” The prognosis in tuberculous pericarditis is invariably bad and death may take place within one or two years but more often within a few months. Michael Gelfand The Sick African, Third Edition, 1957
ISSN:	0160-9289 1932-8737
DOI:	10.1002/clc.4960071208