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Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis Due to Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Pericardiocentesis with Simultaneous Pressure Recording

A Case Report

Tokyo, Japan

Teruhiko Aoyagi, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Yoko Endo, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Kansei Uno, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Katsu Takenaka, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Fumitaka Nakamura, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Sonoda, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Toshiyuki Takahashi, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi Yamazaki, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Yukio Hiroi, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Ohno, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Yasunobu Hirata, MD

Tokyo, Japan

Ryozo Nagai, MD

Tokyo, Japan

A 59-year-old man had a history of rheumatoid arthritis. He presented with incurable pericar dial effusion. He was repeatedly treated with pericardiocentesis with only transient attenua tion 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.

Angiology, Vol. 53, No. 1, 105-108 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970205300115


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