Population
32 consecutive cases of chronic constrictive pericarditis treated by pericardiectomy over a 25-year period
Design
Case_series
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TB uncommon in constrictive pericarditis despite widespread prevalence; leaves open predominant idiopathic etiology and need for contemporary series.
Tuberculosis was not a common cause of chronic constrictive pericarditis in this series, even during a period when tuberculosis was widespread.
Blake et al. (1983) studied this question.
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