Puddu P E, Zanchi E
G Ital Cardiol. 1977;7(3):286-9.
A case of chronic pericarditis with effusion in a 25 years old white man, 19 months after therapeutic irradiation of the mediastinum with a total dose of 4.350 rads for Hodgkin's disease. Pericardiectomy was followed by improvement of functional capacity persistent 7 months after operation.