Viral pericarditis in patients receiving hemodialysis.
Four patients with end-stage renal disease in whom pericarditis developed while they received intermittent hemodialysis therapy were evaluated for viral infection. We found high or rising serum antibody titers to influenza virus A (three patients) and coxsackievirus B (one patient). Cardiac tamponade occurred in three patients, requiring pericardiectomy in two; each patient eventually recovered. Viral pericarditis may be an important cause of "uremic" pericarditis in chronically dialyzed patients.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000276:immunology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral