Hydralazine-induced constrictive pericarditis

Autor: Franssen, CFC, ElGamal, MIH, Gans, ROB, Hoorntje, SJ
Přispěvatelé: Lifestyle Medicine (LM), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 48(5), 193-197. van Zuiden Communications BV.
ISSN: 0300-2977
Popis: A 59-year-old man was diagnosed as having constrictive pericarditis 17 months after a typical hydralazine-induced autoimmune syndrome, This late complication of hydralazine has been reported only once. Ten years later the patient was found to have anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies directed against myeloperoxidase.
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