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Published on: September 2, 2021
[Etiological diagnosis of the patients with pericarditis after pericardiectomy]
1Department of Cardiology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Objective:
To explore the etiological diagnosis of the patients with pericarditis after pericardiectomy to improve the clinical diagnosis.
Methods:
The clinical and pathological data of 52 patients with pericarditis after pericardiectomy were a retrospective analyzed.
Results:
Fourteen cases (26.9%) were tuberculous, 4 cases (7.7%) were cancerous and 34 cases presented as non-idiopathic changes. Of the non-idiopathic cases, 2 cases were traumatic pericarditis and 1 case was related to radiation, the cause of the other patients were of unknown. Compared with non-idiopathic group, the patients in tuberculous group had a shorter course (P < 0.01). The histories of fever, acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade were more frequent in the tuberculous group than in the non-idiopathic group (P < 0.01-0.05). Four patients with cancerous pericarditis were all refractory pericardial effusion.
Conclusion:
Most of constrictive pericarditis are of unknown cause, but in known causes tuberculosis has a high incidence. Refractory pericardial effusion is often seen in patients with malignant tumor.
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