Identifies a distinct clinical form of pericarditis occurring in chronic hemodialysis patients with an incidence of 18%.
May aid pericarditis recognition in hemodialysis patients; leaves open prospective validation of incidence and management.
Summary Pericardial disease in a haemodialysis unit has been reviewed. It is suggested that in addition to the well established uraemic pericarditis there is a pericarditis with a different clinical course occurring in patients on chronic haemodialysis and with an incidence in this series of 18%.
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