Population
A patient with constrictive pericarditis caused by lodging of a needle in the heart wall
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Supports surgical benefit in needle-induced constrictive pericarditis; leaves open generalizability beyond this single case.
Highlights a rare cause of rapidly developing constrictive pericarditis (foreign body) and the effectiveness of surgical intervention.
Kishon et al. (1967) studied this question.
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