Haerle, Peter and Salzberger, Bernd and Glueck, Thomas and Schoelmerich, Juergen and Mueller-Ladner, Ulf (2003) Fatal outcome of constrictive pericarditis in rheumatoid arthritis. RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, 23 (6). pp. 312-314. ISSN 0172-8172
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This is a report of a 39-year-old patient diagnosed with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 17. The patient died 2 years after the onset of extra-articular cardiac symptoms. This case demonstrates the devastating course of progressive constrictive pericarditis under sole medical therapy and emphasizes the importance of early radical pericardectomy to avoid progression of disease and secondary complications with fatal outcome. Further, we discuss risk factors, diagnostic caveats, diagnostic tests and therapy of hemodynamically relevant contrictive pericarditis.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CARDIAC COMPRESSION; RESECTION; rheumatoid arthritis; constrictive pericarditis; extra-articular disease |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2021 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2021 07:14 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/38495 |
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