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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 29, 464-468, Copyright © 1980 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
AJ Larrieu, GF Tyers, EH Williams and JR Derrick
Twelve patients with tuberculous pericarditis were found among 1,194
patients with tuberculosis treated at the University of Texas Medical
Branch over a 10-year period, an incidence of 1%. Surgical treatment was
undertaken in 4 patients, and the rest were treated medically. The
surgically treated patients had no major complications, and none of them
died. In the medically treated group, however, 1 patient died, 1 had an
anaerobic empyema, and 1 experienced respiratory arrest. In addition, the
average hospital stay was 33 days less in the surgically treated group.
Early surgical intervention should be carried out in patients with
tuberculous pericarditis who do not respond promptly to adequate
antituberculosis chemotherapy.
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