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. 1976 Aug;31(4):391–393. doi: 10.1136/thx.31.4.391

Pericardiectomy in children.

R L Van Der Horst, B T Le Roux
PMCID: PMC470446  PMID: 968794

Abstract

Thirty-five children under 16 years of age were prepared for pericardiectomy on account of constrictive pericarditis; three died in the immediate preparatory period. Pericardiectomy was undertaken in 32; in 28 the cause was tuberculous. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the high incidence of constrictive pericarditis in African children in Natal.

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