ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS WITH CARDIAC TAMPONADE: A FATAL CASE ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY
Authors: H L GOODMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 February 1958ACUTE NONSPECIFIC PERICARDITIS WITH CARDIAC TAMPONADE: A FATAL CASE ASSOCIATED WITH ANTICOAGULANT THERAPYHERBERT L. GOODMAN, M.D.HERBERT L. GOODMAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-2-406 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe prognosis for ultimate recovery in acute nonspecific pericarditis is generally considered to be excellent. In the literature at the present time there is a total of only five reported deaths associated with the disease.1, 2, 3, 4, 5These have occurred in a variety of clinical situations and were reviewed by Price and Hutchison in 1956.5Still more uncommon is the occurrence of massive intrapericardial hemorrhage with cardiac tamponade during the course of the disease; three such instances have been reported.1, 4, 5One case, reported by McCord and Taguchi,1received anticoagulation therapy for a presumptive diagnosis of myocardial...Bibliography1. McCordTaguchi MCJT: Nonspecific pericarditis, a fatal case, Arch. Int. Med. 87: 727, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SturgessWilkin FJF: A case of latent pericarditis and sudden death, Lancet 2: 153, 1885. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Case Records of Massachusetts General Hospital No. 32181, New England J. Med. 234: 608, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. PomerancePerchukHoffman MEJB: Fatal case of idiopathic pericarditis, New York State J. Med. 52: 95, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. PriceHutchisonReid JDJLEA: Benign idiopathic pericarditis, a fatal case with review of fatalities in the literature, Am. Heart J. 51: 628, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. CampClark PDOW: The differential diagnosis of acute infectious "idiopathic" pericarditis and myocardial infarction, Virginia M. Monthly 77: 581, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BarnesBurchell ARHB: Acute pericarditis simulating acute coronary occlusion: report of 14 cases, Am. Heart J. 23: 247, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Wolff L: Acute pericarditis simulating myocardial infarction, New England J. Med. 230: 422, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Goyette EM: Acute idiopathic pericarditis, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 1032, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar10. Weinstein J: "Atypical" coronary disease in young people, Ann. Int. Med. 21: 252, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar11. LogueWendkos RBMH: Acute pericarditis of benign type, Am. Heart J. 36: 587, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. PorterClarkPorter WBORR: Nonspecific benign pericarditis, J. A. M. A. 144: 749, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. NathanDathe DARA: Pericarditis with effusion following infections of the upper respiratory tract, Am. Heart J. 31: 115, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania*Received for publication May 4, 1957.From the Department of Clinical Pathology, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Herbert L. Goodman, M.D., Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLife-threatening haemorrhagic pericarditis associated with rivaroxabanPhoton-dificient areas around the heartCardiac tamponade in medical patients.Massive Hemopericardium in a Patient with Postmyocardial Infarction SyndromeMediastinal tamponade after open-heart surgeryAcute idiopathic pericarditisRelapsing Coxsackie Pericarditis Simulating Myocardial Infarction and Da Costa's SyndromeManagement of pericarditis secondary to myocardial infarctionNON‐SPECIFIC PERICARDITIS: A FATAL CASEThe Treatment of Acute Infectious Pericarditis and Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis 1 February 1958Volume 48, Issue 2Page: 406-415KeywordsAnticoagulant therapyAnticoagulantsClinical pathologyHeart diseasesHemorrhagePericardial diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...