An Unusual Complication of Pericarditis

An Unusual Complication of Pericarditis

Abstract Background According to current guidelines, acute pericarditis is an inflammatory pericardial syndrome with or without pericardial effusion. Case Description We report on a patient who was treated for purulent pericarditis and developed a fistula from the ascending...

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Main Authors: Ashraf Rad, Ulrich Lange, Bartholomaeus Makowski, Thomas Held, Jürgen Schönwälder, Michael Schmoeckel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-01-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
Subjects:
pericarditis
complications
fistula
left/right shunt
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1676034

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