cardiovascular-agents and Pericarditis--Tuberculous

cardiovascular-agents has been researched along with Pericarditis--Tuberculous* in 2 studies

Other Studies

2 other study(ies) available for cardiovascular-agents and Pericarditis--Tuberculous

ArticleYear
Constriction infection.
    The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2010, Volume: 26, Issue:1

    Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) is a clinical syndrome caused by compression of the heart due to a thickened or rigid pericardium. In the affluent West, the majority of cases of CCP are neither tuberculous nor calcific. In an American cohort undergoing pericardectomy for the condition, only 27% had calcification and under 10% had TB [1]. As a result, pericardial calcification (PC) as a marker of CCP has become neglected. We present a 48-year-old male admitted with atrial flutter, acute chest infection and signs of right heart congestion. PC was documented one year previously on a non-contrast CT chest. On this occasion, cardiac catheterisation confirmed hemodynamically significant CCP and cardiac magnetic resonance (cMR) study showed contiguous mass lesions in the pericardium, compression of the right ventricle, enlargement of the right atrium, hepatic enlargement and a pneumonic process in the left lung. He was commenced on antibiotics and anti-tuberculous therapy with a diagnosis of bacterial super-infection of tuberculous CCP. This was confirmed at pericardectomy along with an infected fistula into the left lung. Any finding of PC should be followed up with a thorough haemodynamic and anatomical assessment using any of a wide range of non-invasive imaging modalities.

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Calcinosis; Cardiac Catheterization; Cardiovascular Agents; Chronic Disease; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Pericardiectomy; Pericarditis, Constrictive; Pericarditis, Tuberculous; Superinfection; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome

2010
Corticosteroids in acute tuberculous pericarditis; case report.
    Indian journal of medical sciences, 1959, Volume: 13, Issue:2

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Cardiovascular Agents; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Pericarditis, Tuberculous; Prednisolone; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular

1959