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COMPOSITION OF PERICARDIAL FLUID IN CHOLESTEROL PERICARDITIS
Author(s) -
Eisalo Antti,
Konttinen Aarne
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1972.tb00023.x
Subject(s) - pericardial fluid , pericarditis , medicine , cholesterol , lactate dehydrogenase , triglyceride , pericardium , endocrinology , enzyme , cardiology , biochemistry , chemistry
Two cases of cholesterol pericarditis have been described. The cholesterol content of the pericardial fluid was in one case 798 and in the other 138 mg/100 ml, but the triglyceride content was very low. Lipid electrophoresis of the pericardial fluid, although it differed from that of the serum, gave inconsistent results. Protein electrophoresis gave similar results in the serum and the pericardial fluid, and the electrolytes were similar in pericardial fluid and serum. Of the enzymes studied, only the lactate dehydrogenase activity (LDH) showed elevated values in the pericardial fluid, with a preponderance of LDH 5 isoenzyme.
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