Rheumatoid pericardial effusion with heart block treated by pericardiectomy and implantation of permanent pacemaker.
- 1 January 1977
- Vol. 39 (1) , 113-115
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.39.1.113
Abstract
A patient with long-standing seropositive erosive rheumatoid arthritis developed a pericardial effusion with chronic cardiac tamponade. He had evidence of conducting system disease and developed heart block. He was successfully treated by pericardiectomy and implantation of a demand pacemaker.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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