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Subtotal pericardiectomy successfully resolved symptoms of transient constrictive pericarditis in a patient with acute tuberculous pericarditis, with no signs of recurrent infection.
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Subtotal pericardiectomy can be an effective and safe treatment for acute tuberculous pericarditis that rapidly progresses to constrictive pericarditis.
Suggests pericardiectomy option in refractory acute tuberculous cases; leaves open role versus medical therapy alone.
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Yano et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Acute Tuberculous Pericarditis with Transient Constrictive Pericarditis (n=1). Subtotal pericardiectomy was evaluated on Symptom resolution. Subtotal pericardiectomy successfully resolved symptoms of transient constrictive pericarditis in a patient with acute tuberculous pericarditis, with no signs of recurrent infection.
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