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Surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis due to practolol. A case report
1Cardiothoracic Unit, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a case of constrictive pericarditis presenting as a late complication of Practolol therapy associated with polyserositis. The patient had a successful result following pericardectomy. This is the first documented case of surgical treatment for Practolol induced constrictive pericarditis.