Open AccessCardiac tamponade in rheumatoid arthritis. a case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Romanoff H.,
Rozin R.,
Zlotnick A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/art.1780130411
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , cardiac tamponade , pericardiectomy , exacerbation , tamponade , myopericarditis , cardiology , pericardiocentesis , surgery , pericarditis
A 44‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis developed electrocardiographic changes compatible with a myopericarditis. During an exacerbation of her disease she developed an acute cardiac tamponade that was treated successfully by partial pericardiectomy.