Massive intractable pericardial effusion in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus treated successfully with pericardial fenestration alone

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1033-1035

  Kamata, Y ^a   Iwamoto, M ^a   Aoki, Y ^a   Kishaba, Y ^a   Nagashima, T ^a   Nara, H ^a   Kamimura, T ^a   Tanaka, A ^a   Yoshio, T ^a   Okazaki, H ^a   Minota, Seiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Glucocorticoid; Pericardial effusion; Pericardial fenestration; Pericarditis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEART SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; REMISSION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 61549120686     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308089437     Document Type: Article

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