Risk of constrictive pericarditis after acute pericarditis.
Imazio M, Brucato A, Maestroni S, Cumetti D, Belli R, Trinchero R, Adler Y.
Imazio M, et al.
Circulation. 2011 Sep 13;124(11):1270-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.018580. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
Circulation. 2011.
PMID: 21844077
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During a median follow-up of 72 months (range, 24 to 120 months), CP developed in 9 of 500 patients (1.8%): 2 of 416 patients with idiopathic/viral pericarditis (0.48%) versus 7 of 84 patients with a nonviral/nonidiopathic etiology (8.3%). The incidence rate of CP w …
During a median follow-up of 72 months (range, 24 to 120 months), CP developed in 9 of 500 patients (1.8%): 2 of 416 patients with idiopathi …