Pericarditis, Tuberculous
"Pericarditis, Tuberculous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
INFLAMMATION of the sac surrounding the heart (PERICARDIUM) due to MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS infection. Pericarditis can lead to swelling (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION), compression of the heart (CARDIAC TAMPONADE), and preventing normal beating of the heart.
MeSH Number(s)
C01.252.410.040.552.846.561.595
C01.539.190.750.595
C14.260.750.595
C14.280.720.801
Concept/Terms
Pericarditis, Tuberculous- Pericarditis, Tuberculous
- Pericarditides, Tuberculous
- Tuberculous Pericarditides
- Tuberculous Pericarditis
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pericarditis, Tuberculous" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Pericarditis, Tuberculous" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericarditis, Tuberculous" by people in Profiles.
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Armored Heart Because of Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 03; 12(3):e008726.
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Prednisolone and Mycobacterium indicus pranii in tuberculous pericarditis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 18; 371(12):1121-30.
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Diagnostic value of interferon-gamma assay in tuberculosis pericardial effusions: study on a cohort of Iranian patients. Acta Med Iran. 2013 Aug 07; 51(7):449-53.
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Rationale and design of the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis (IMPI) trial: a 2 × 2 factorial randomized double-blind multicenter trial of adjunctive prednisolone and Mycobacterium w immunotherapy in tuberculous pericarditis. Am Heart J. 2013 Feb; 165(2):109-15.e3.
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Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis: a clinical, echocardiographic, and hemodynamic evaluation of two surgical techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Feb; 81(2):522-9.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 22-2004. A 30-year-old woman with a pericardial effusion. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jul 15; 351(3):279-87.
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Experimental pericardial inflammation evaluated by computed tomography. Radiology. 1984 Apr; 151(1):145-8.
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Low-pressure cardiac tamponade. Ann Intern Med. 1979 Sep; 91(3):403-6.