Why the study?
Does pericardiectomy improve outcomes in patients with constrictive pericarditis associated with collagen disease?
Does pericardiectomy improve outcomes in patients with constrictive pericarditis associated with collagen disease?
Pericardiectomy can be an effective treatment for constrictive pericarditis associated with collagen diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
May support pericardiectomy in collagen-associated constrictive pericarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective confirmation.
Seven patients with constrictive pericarditis associated with collagen disease underwent pericardiectomy with good results in all but one. The collagen disease was confirmed as rheumatoid arthritis in five patients, but in two its nature remained obscure. In one case the illness was marked by a persistent eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of the pericardium. The association of constrictive pericarditis with rheumatoid arthritis and other collagenoses is briefly discussed.
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