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Partial pericardiectomy successfully treated acute cardiac tamponade in a 44-year-old woman experiencing an exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis.
Partial pericardiectomy can successfully treat acute cardiac tamponade in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated myopericarditis.
Offers potential surgical option in RA tamponade; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before practice change.
A 44‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis developed electrocardiographic changes compatible with a myopericarditis. During an exacerbation of her disease she developed an acute cardiac tamponade that was treated successfully by partial pericardiectomy.
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Romanoff et al. (1970) studied this question. Partial pericardiectomy successfully treated acute cardiac tamponade in a 44-year-old woman experiencing an exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis.
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