Cholesterol pericarditis associated with rheumatoid arthritis: A rare cause of pericardial effusion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Barcin, Cem ^a   Yalcinkaya, Emre ^a   Kabul, Hasan Kutsi ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesterol pericarditis; Pericardial effusion; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDOMETACIN; METOPROLOL; PREDNISOLONE; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL PERICARDITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLICATION;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 84899618927     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.064     Document Type: Article

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