Constrictive Pericarditis: A Review and Long-Term Follow-Up of 78 Cases

Article1 September 1956CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS: A REVIEW AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 78 CASESJOHN C. DALTON, M.D., R. J. PEARSON JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.JOHN C. DALTON, M.D., R. J. PEARSON JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., M.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-445 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1935 White1reported a study of 15 cases of constrictive pericarditis. These, together with additional cases, have been the subject of later reports by Harrison and White2and Paul, Castleman and White.3The last report, in 1948, comprised 53 cases. The present study includes: a long-term follow-up of the 26 patients living at the time of the 1948 report; 25 additional cases seen through 1954, and a review of the entire 78 cases, 65 of whom were operated upon. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 19, 1956.From the Cardiac Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.†Teaching Fellow in medicine, Harvard Medical School; formerly trainee of the National Heart Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital.‡Captain, Medical Corps, United States Navy, and Chief of the Cardiovascular Section, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John C. Dalton, M.D., 24 Northgate Road, Wellesley, Massachusetts. 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