Antitubercular Treatment Does Not Prevent Constriction in Chronic Pericardial Effusion of Undetermined Etiology : A Randomized Trial

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-414

  Dwivedi, S K ^a   Rastogi, P ^a   Saran, R K ^a   Narain, V S ^a   Puri, V K ^a   Hasan, M ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030662497     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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