Constrictive pericarditis in Saudi Arabia.
Twenty four patients underwent pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis. There were 2 operative deaths. Tuberculosis was the aetiological factor in 20 patients and a post surgical aetiology was found in 2 patients. The aetiology remained unclear in 2 patients.
Raffa
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King Fahd Hospital Heart Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mosieri
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology