title: Porcelain heart: severely calcified pericardium due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000382:microbiology; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome