PERICARDIECTOMY FOR MASSIVE RECURRENT PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
Authors: R J JAFFE, H KALLMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 August 1959PERICARDIECTOMY FOR MASSIVE RECURRENT PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONROBERT JAY JAFFE, M.D., HAROLD KALLMAN, M.D.ROBERT JAY JAFFE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD KALLMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-2-363 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChronic idiopathic pericarditis with massive pericardial effusion leading to circulatory embarrassment is an uncommon entity. The similarity between this and constrictive pericarditis, as to both the clinical picture and the response to pericardiectomy, deserves emphasis.The case report which follows illustrates the failure of prolonged medical management and the good results that may follow surgical correction even after prolonged cardiac tamponade.CASE REPORTA 61 year old white female had been well until approximately 11 months prior to the time of admission to Kings County Hospital Center, when she first experienced the sudden onset of substernal, epigastric and right upper...Bibliography1. Délorme (a) : Sur un traitement chirurgical de la symphyse cardo-pericardique, Bull. et mem. Soc. d. chirurgiens d. Paris 24: 918, 1898. (b) Délorme: Sur un traitement chirurgical de la symphyse cardopericardique, Gaz. d. hop. 71: 1150, 1898. Google Scholar2. BlalockBurwell ACS: Chronic pericardial disease: report of 28 cases of constrictive pericarditis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 73: 433, 1941. Google Scholar3. HeuerStewart GJHJ (a) : Surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 68: 979, 1939. (b) Heuer, G. J., and Stewart, H. J.: The surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis, New York State J. Med. 45: 993, 1945. Google Scholar4. Holman E: Recognition and correction of constrictive pericarditis, J. Thoracic Surg. 18: 643, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MannixDennis EPC: Surgical treatment of chronic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade, J. Thoracic Surg. 29: 381 (Apr.) 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Moschcowitz E: Pathogenesis of constrictive pericarditis, J. A. M. A. 153: 194-197, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Crastnopol P: Personal communication. Google Scholar8. SchumackerHarris HRJ: Pericardiectomy for chronic idiopathic pericarditis with massive effusion, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 5: 103 (Nov.) 1956. Google Scholar9. WilliamsSoutter CL: Pericardial tamponade, diagnosis and treatment, Arch. Int. Med. 94: 571, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Freilich JK: Acute nonspecific pericarditis complicated by the development of fibrous pericardium, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 388-392 (Aug.) 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar11. RabinerSpecterRipsteinSchlecker SFLSCBAA: Constrictive pericarditis caused by acute benign pericarditis with effusion, New England J. Med. 251: 425-428 (Sept. 9) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. Godfrey J: Myocardial involvement in acute nonspecific pericarditis: a report of three cases, Ann. Int. Med. 35: 1336-1345 (Dec.) 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar13. Friedberg CK: Diseases of the heart, 1956, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar14. EvansWalterHellems JMCWHK: Alterations in circulation during cardiac tamponade due to pericardial effusion, Am. Heart J. 39: 181 (Feb.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. YuLovejoyJoosNyeSimpson PNFWHAREJH: An unusual case of massive pericardial effusion with hemodynamic studies, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 928, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar16. McKusickHarvey VAAM: Diseases of the pericardium, in Advances in Internal Medicine, 1955, Vol. VII, Yearbook Publishers, Chicago, pp. 157-193. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication October 29, 1957.From Internal Medicine Division I, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, N. Y.†Aided by Grant in Cardiology, National Institutes of Health No. 585, Bethesda, Maryland.‡Present address: Meridian Building, Miami Beach, Florida.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harold Kallman, M.D., Edison Medical Group, Edison, N. J. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLong-Term Follow-up of Idiopathic Chronic Pericardial EffusionErkrankungen des PerikardsChronic Effusive Pericarditis Associated with Healed Myocardial InfarctionTuberculosis of the PericardiumPericarditis 1 August 1959Volume 51, Issue 2Page: 363-371KeywordsAdenocarcinomaChocolateEdemaFibrosisGranulomasHospital medicine Issue Published: 1 August 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...