Constrictive Pericarditis

Constrictive pericarditis: etiology and cause-specific survival after pericardiectomy

“…This was shown previously (14), but its role in postoperative outcome remains unclear. Although CP was not associated with postoperative outcome in two studies (16,17), it has been implicated in other studies as a predictor of perioperative mortality (14) and postoperative outcome (15). In our analysis we found that CP was not a predictor of perioperative mortality.…”

Electrocardiographic Changes in Pericardial Effusion

“…11 have been described in pericarditis of various causes. In the present study, these findings were not associated with the presence of pericardial effusion.…”

Pericarditis Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

“…Adding the figures of Tubbs and others(1964) to those of Gimlette (1959), rheumatoid arthritis was the probable aetiological factor in eight out of 82 cases, an incidence of 9 4 per cent. It is likely to assume greater proportional significance with the continuing decline in tuberculosis.…”

“…However, study of the history and clinical photograph suggests that this patient had ankylosing spondylitis rather than rheumatoid arthritis. Gimlette (1959) surveyed 62 cases of constrictive pericarditis and found that five had active rheumatoid arthritis; four had arthritis for some years before the onset of cardiac symptoms, and the fifth developed arthritis 3 months after the acute pericarditis which initiated constriction. Operation was performed on three, but was only curative in one.…”