Why the study?
Does partial pericardectomy improve survival and prevent recurrence in chronic hemodialysis patients with uremic pericarditis and tamponade?
Population
5 patients on chronic hemodialysis who developed uremic pericarditis and tamponade after 1, 6, 7, 13, and 15…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
6 to 23 months
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for partial pericardectomy in refractory uremic pericarditis; leaves open confirmation in prospective trials.
Does partial pericardectomy improve survival and prevent recurrence in chronic hemodialysis patients with uremic pericarditis and tamponade?
Partial pericardectomy is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for uremic pericarditis with tamponade in chronic hemodialysis patients when conservative methods fail.
Mehdi Ghavamian (1973) studied this question.
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