Diseases

Tuberculous Pericarditis

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.

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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.

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3 entry terms
  • Pericarditis, Tuberculous
  • Pericarditides, Tuberculous
  • Tuberculous Pericarditides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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91(75); was see under TUBERCULOSIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1975-90

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WG 275

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tuberculous Pericarditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010495. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010495
  2. Tuberculous Pericarditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculous_pericarditis
  3. Tuberculous Pericarditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7850856