Tuberculous pericarditis: an unusual cause of cardiac tamponade

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Dec;98(6):2234. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.011. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

Authors

Thibault Couture¹, Pierre Demondion², Pascal Leprince¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France. Electronic address: demondion.pierre@hotmail.fr.

PMID: 25468105
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade / etiology*
Cardiac Tamponade / surgery
Echocardiography
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Pericardiocentesis
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / complications*
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / diagnosis
Pericarditis, Tuberculous / microbiology