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Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis (CCP) in Africa: Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Surgical Treatment [PDF]

, 2019
Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) is not rare in Africa with tuberculosis as the most common etiology. A long history of visceral tuberculosis, typical symptoms of CCP because of late clinical presentation in most cases, make diagnosis almost easy ...
Yangni-Angate, Koffi Herve
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Chylous ascites and chylothorax due to constrictive pericarditis in a patient infected with HIV: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Chylothorax and chylous ascites are uncommon and usually associated with trauma or neoplasms. To the best of our knowledge, constrictive pericarditis leading to chylothorax and chylous ascites in a person infected with HIV has never ...
Summachiwakij Sarawut, Tungsubutra Wiwun, Koomanachai Pornpan, Charoenratanakul Suchai   +3 more
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Constrictive pericarditis presenting as chylothorax [PDF]

, 2011
Chylothorax is a rare clinical condition that can be attributed to a damaged thoracic duct. The condition is suggested by aspiration of milky white fluid from the pleural cavity and is commonly associated with either malignant diseases or trauma (e.g ...
Fatimi, Saulat H., Khan, J. A., Naeem, M., Sobani, Z. A., Zubairi, A.   +4 more
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Case of tuberculous pleuro-pericarditis. Cultivation of the bacilli on Loeffler’s serum direct from the lesions [PDF]

, 1902
E. J. McWeeney
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Clinical Significance of Preoperative Pyrazinamide-Containing Therapy in Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis

Infection and Drug Resistance
Background Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis (TCP) is recommended to be treated with anti-tuberculosis (TB) therapy before pericardiectomy. Whether different preoperative anti-TB regimens may lead to different outcomes is unclear.
Likui Fang, Wenfeng Yu, Guocan Yu, Gang Chen, B. Ye   +4 more
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Tuberculous endocarditis: valvular and right atrial involvement [PDF]

, 2010
Valvular endocarditis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. It is usually manifest in the context of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompromised Patients.
Fatimi, Saulat H., Jamil, Bushra, Mookadam, Farouk, Moustafa, Sherif E., Sultan, Fateh Ali Tipoo   +4 more
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The Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE-I) on Human N-Acetyl-Seryl-Aspartyl-Lysyl-Proline (Ac-SDKP) Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundTuberculous pericardial effusion is a pro-fibrotic condition that is complicated by constrictive pericarditis in 4% to 8% of cases. N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) is a ubiquitous tetrapeptide with anti-fibrotic properties that ...
Ayanda Trevor Mnguni, Mark E Engel, Megan S Borkum, Bongani M Mayosi   +3 more
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The Treatment of Tuberculous Pericarditis by the Induction of an Artificial Pneumopericardium [PDF]

, 1917
WEIL AND LOISCLEUR
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TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS [PDF]

Heart, 1940
H L, Heimann, S, Binder
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Purulent pericarditis due to co-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with features of advanced HIV infection

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007
Background Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are common pathogens in patients with HIV infection. Case Presentation We present an unusual case of purulent pericarditis resulting in cardiac tamponade due to infection with both ...
Tikly Mohammed, Louw Andrew
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