title: Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis: a rare cause of effusive-constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy.
abstract: Effusive-constrictive pericarditis is a rare condition. In this report, we describe a case of effusive-constrictive pericarditis caused by seronegative rheumatoid arthritis which was successfully treated with surgical pericardiectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK. drsoo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome