title: Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis in a HIV-positive patient.
abstract: Constrictive pericarditis is a relatively rare clinical manifestation nowadays. We present the case of an HIV-positive patient with constrictive calcified pericarditis due to an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pericardectomy was performed. The therapeutical approach is discussed and the literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland. friedrich.eckstein@insel.ch
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Bohlmann
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Balmer
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Carrel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery