Cardiac tamponade and pericardial disorders in connective tissue diseases: case report and literature review.

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Ricky L. Langley (Creator)

Edward L. Treadwell (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

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Abstract: Pericardial disorders occurring in connective tissue diseases are not uncommon and may present as acute or chronic pericarditis with or without an effusion. In many instances a diagnosis of pericardial involvement is not found until autopsy. Echocardiography and other currently employed radiographic techniques have enhanced the ability to make a diagnosis. Approximate frequencies of common connective tissue disorders with pericardial involvement include scleroderma (59%) systemic lupus erythematosus (44%) mixed connective tissue disease (30%) rheumatoid arthritis (24%) and polymyositis/dermatomyositis (11%). Cardiac tamponade or constriction is rare. This article describes a patient with clinical features consistent with mixed connective tissue disease that presented with a pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade. In addition a review of pericardial involvement in connective tissue diseases and the occurrence of cardiac tamponade or constriction is included. Originally published Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 86 No. 2 Feb 1994

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Journal of the National Medical Association. 86:2(February 1994) p. 149-153.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

pericardial disorders, mixed connective tissue disease, cardiac tamponade

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