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. 1987 Sep;58(3):296–298. doi: 10.1136/hrt.58.3.296

A case of subacute effusive constrictive pericarditis with a probable amoebic aetiology.

C S Baid 1, A R Varma 1, M Lakhotia 1
PMCID: PMC1216455  PMID: 3663433

Abstract

A 48 year old man with amoebic pericarditis did not improve after pericardiocentesis. Facilities for echocardiography and haemodynamic studies were not available. Cardiac compression was suspected and at emergency pericardiectomy subacute effusive constrictive amoebic pericarditis was found. The patient recovered. This is believed to be the first report of a case of subacute effusive constrictive pericarditis caused by amoebiasis.

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