Pericardiectomy in children.
Thirty-five children under 16 years of age were prepared for pericardiectomy on account of constrictive pericarditis; three died in the immediate preparatory period. Pericardiectomy was undertaken in 32; in 28 the cause was tuberculous. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the high incidence of constrictive pericarditis in African children in Natal.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D013019:South Africa