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LIFE THREATENING CARDIAC TAMPONADE COMPLICATING A CASE OF SERONEGATIVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Author(s) -
SMITH M. D.,
ROBERTSTHOMSON P. J.,
GEDDES R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb03588.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , pericardial effusion , complication , rheumatoid arthritis , tamponade , surgery , arthritis
We report the complication of cardiac tamponade occurring secondary to a pericardial effusion in a patient with persistently seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. The frequency and presenting features of this potentially life threatening complication of rheumatoid arthritis are reviewed and management of this complication is discussed.