Hydralazine-induced constrictive pericarditis

Neth J Med. 1996 May;48(5):193-7. doi: 10.1016/0300-2977(95)00076-3.

Abstract

A 59-year-old man was diagnosed as having constrictive pericarditis 17 months after a typical hydralazine-induced autoimmune syndrome. This late complication of hydralazine has been reported only once. Ten years later the patient was found to have anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies directed against myeloperoxidase.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Autoantibodies / analysis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hydralazine / adverse effects*
  • Hydralazine / therapeutic use
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / chemically induced*
  • Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis
  • Peroxidase / immunology
  • Thoracotomy
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Autoantibodies
  • Hydralazine
  • Peroxidase