CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS AS SEQUEL TO HEMOPERICARDIUM: REPORT OF A CASE FOLLOWING ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY
Authors: M H LASZLO
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 February 1957CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS AS SEQUEL TO HEMOPERICARDIUM: REPORT OF A CASE FOLLOWING ANTICOAGULANT THERAPYMAURICE H. LASZLO, M.D.MAURICE H. LASZLO, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-2-403 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe various causes of constrictive pericarditis have as yet not been thoroughly elucidated. Indeed, there is a wide divergence in various studies with respect to the incidence of the several known etiologic factors.1-4Undoubtedly tuberculous pericarditis is a fairly common precursor of constrictive pericarditis; pyogenic agents, polyserositis and previous nonspecific acute pericarditis are also at times implicated as causative factors. 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