TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS IN NORTHEAST TURKEY - AN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY


KOMSUOGLU B., GOLDELI O., KULAN K., GEDIK Y.

ACTA CARDIOLOGICA, cilt.49, sa.2, ss.157-164, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA CARDIOLOGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.157-164
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Twenty patients with tuberculous pericarditis who were referred to the Blacksea Technical University Medical School Cardiology Department from January 1979 to January 1992 were followed for 12-18 months by repeated echocardiography, before and after antituberculous therapy. Initial echocardiograms revealed moderate pericardial effusion in 7 patients (35%), and large effusion in 13 (65%). Thickened pericardium was noted in 2. After medical treatment, at the follow-up period, echocardiography revealed small effusion in only 2, the remaining had no effusion. Despite adequate antituberculous therapy, 6 patients developed pericardial thickening, 3 required pericardiectomy for constriction.