Elective Pericardiectomy for Tuberculous Pericarditis

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Andrews Gws , Pickering GW , Holmes Sellors T. : The aetiology of constrictive pericarditis, with special reference to tuberculous pericarditis, together with a note on polyserositis. QJ Med 17:291-321, 1948

Carson TJ , Murray GF , Wilcox BR, et al : The role of surgery in tuberculous pericarditis. Ann Thorac Surg 17:163-167, 1974

Desai HN : Tuberculous pericarditis: a review of 100 cases. S Afr Med J 55: 877-880, 1979

Gimlette Tmd : Constrictive pericarditis. Br Heart J 21:9-16, 1959

Gooi HC , Smith JM : Tuberculous pericarditis in Birmingham. Thorax 33: 94-96, 1978

Goyette E. : The treatment of tuberculous pericarditis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 3:141-144, 1960

Goyette EM , Overhold EL , Rapaport E. : The treatment of tuberculous pericarditis. Circulation 9:17-21, 1954

Hageman JH , D'Esopo ND , Glenn Wwl : Tuberculosis of the pericardium—a long-term analysis of forty-four proved cases. N Engl J Med 270:327-332, 1964

Holman E. , Willett F. : Treatment of active tuberculous pericarditis by pericardiectomy. JAMA 146:1-7, 1951

10.

Kashani IA , Higgins CB , Utley JR : Inflammatory constriction following complete pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis. Clin Pediatr 22: 219-221, 1983

11.

Lau J. , Kassirer JP , Pauker SG : DECISION MAKER 3.0: improved decision analysis by personal computer Med Decis Making 3:39-43, 1983

12.

McCaughan BC , Schaff HV , Piehler JM, et al : Early and late results of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 89: 340-350, 1985

13.

Montgomerie JZ : Pericarditis. West J Med 122: 295-309, 1975

14.

Ortbals DW , Avioli LV : Tuberculous pericarditis. Arch Intern Med 139: 231-234, 1979

15.

Pauker SG , Kassirer JP : Clinical decision analysis by personal computer. Arch Intern Med 141:1831-1837, 1981

16.

Pauker SG , Kassirer JP : The threshold approach to clinical decision making. N Engl J Med 302:1109-1117, 1980

17.

Pitt-Fennell WM : Surgical treatment of constrictive tuberculous pericarditis. S Afr Med J 62: 353-355, 1982

18.

Plante DA , Lau J. , Pauker SG : Microcomputer-based medical decision making: echocardiography for ventricular thrombus. Sem Ultrasound 4:308-323, 1983

19.

Rooney JJ , Crocco JA , Lyons HA : Tuberculous pericarditis. Ann Intern Med 72:73-78, 1970

20.

Schepers Gerrit WH : Tuberculous pericarditis—review. Am J Cardiol 9:248-276, 1962

21.

Weinstein MC , Fineberg HV : Clinical Decision Analysis (chapter 4). Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders, 1980