Open AccessTransient effusive‐constrictive pericarditis due to chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Woods Timothy,
Vidarsson Brynjar,
Mosher Deane,
Stein James H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960220414
Subject(s) - medicine , pericarditis , acute pericarditis , cytarabine , constrictive pericarditis , cardiology , chemotherapy , leukemia
Commonly used chemotherapeutic agents, specifically cytarabine and daunorubicin, can cause effusive‐constrictive pericarditis. We describe a case of transient effusive‐constrictive pericarditis in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. This is the first case report of a patient with transient effusive‐constrictive pericarditis due to chemotherapy.