Collagen diseases as a cause of constrictive pericarditis

Seven patients with constrictive pericarditis associated with collagen disease underwent pericardiectomy with good results in all but one. The collagen disease was confirmed as rheumatoid arthritis in five patients, but in two its nature remained obscure. In one case the illness was marked by a pers...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 1978-06, Vol.33 (3), p.368-371
Hauptverfasser:	Cooper, D K, Cleland, W P, Bentall, H H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications Collagen Diseases - complications Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pericarditis, Constrictive - etiology Pericarditis, Constrictive - surgery Pericardium - surgery
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