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Case Reports
. 2002 Jan-Feb;53(1):105-8.
doi: 10.1177/000331970205300115.

Effusive constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis revealed by pericardiocentesis with simultaneous pressure recording--a case report

Tomohiro Harada  1 , Teruhiko Aoyagi, Yoko Endo, Kansei Uno, Katsu Takenaka, Fumitaka Nakamura, Makoto Sonoda, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Tadashi Yamazaki, Yukio Hiroi, Minoru Ohno, Yasunobu Hirata, Ryozo Nagai
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Effusive constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis revealed by pericardiocentesis with simultaneous pressure recording--a case report

Tomohiro Harada et al. Angiology. 2002 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

A 59-year-old man had a history of rheumatoid arthritis. He presented with incurable pericardial effusion. He was repeatedly treated with pericardiocentesis with only transient attenuation of his symptoms because the underlying pericardial constriction had been overlooked. This time the authors diagnosed effusive constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis using the hemodynamic findings observed before and after pericardiocentesis.

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