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Review
. 2000 Oct;84(4):449-54.
doi: 10.1136/heart.84.4.449.

Myocarditis, pericarditis and other pericardial diseases

C M Oakley  1
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Review

Myocarditis, pericarditis and other pericardial diseases

C M Oakley. Heart. 2000 Oct.
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Acute myocarditis showing sheets of pale staining myocytes. Lymphocytes are seen which were identified as CD4 and CD8 cells on immunohistology.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Constrictive pericarditis caused by infection presented 10 years after operation to relieve ileal atresia as a neonate. The patient had developed septicaemia as an infant but purulent pericarditis had not been recognised.
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