Why the study?
Does pericardiectomy improve outcomes in patients with rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis compared to steroid therapy?
Does pericardiectomy improve outcomes in patients with rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis compared to steroid therapy?
Early pericardiectomy is recommended over steroid therapy for patients with rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis.
May support early pericardiectomy over steroids in rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
A case of constrictive cholesterol pericarditis with successful pericardiectomy in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis is presented. The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and constrictive pericarditis is discussed. Twenty‐five cases of rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis, including 4 with constrictive cholesterol pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy are reviewed. In these cases, steroid therapy did not appear to be beneficial, and early pericardiectomy is recommended.
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