Tuberculous pericarditis in the Transkei region is associated with an invariably poor prognosis, often resulting in death within a few months to two years.
Historically, tuberculous pericarditis in the Transkei region had an invariably poor prognosis, often leading to death within months.
Abstract In the Transkei it was so frequently found that it was referred to as the “Transkei Heart.” The prognosis in tuberculous pericarditis is invariably bad and death may take place within one or two years but more often within a few months. Michael Gelfand The Sick African , Third Edition, 1957
J.I.G. Strang (1984) studied this question. Tuberculous pericarditis in the Transkei region is associated with an invariably poor prognosis, often resulting in death within a few months to two years.