title: Effusive constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis revealed by pericardiocentesis with simultaneous pressure recording--a case report.
abstract: A 59-year-old man had a history of rheumatoid arthritis. He presented with incurable pericardial effusion. He was repeatedly treated with pericardiocentesis with only transient attenuation of his symptoms because the underlying pericardial constriction had been overlooked. This time the authors diagnosed effusive constrictive pericarditis due to rheumatoid arthritis using the hemodynamic findings observed before and after pericardiocentesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan. tomoharada-circ@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Teruhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Kansei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: Katsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Fumitaka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hiroi
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Yasunobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Ryozo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*