Highlights the rare but life-threatening complication of cardiac tamponade in patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis.
Alerts clinicians to tamponade risk even in seronegative RA; leaves open need for targeted screening studies.
We report the complication of cardiac tamponade occurring secondary to a pericardial effusion in a patient with persistently seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. The frequency and presenting features of this potentially life threatening complication of rheumatoid arthritis are reviewed and management of this complication is discussed.
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