Van Der Horst R L, Le Roux B T
Thorax. 1976 Aug;31(4):391-3. doi: 10.1136/thx.31.4.391.
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.
35名16岁以下儿童因缩窄性心包炎准备接受心包切除术;3人在术前准备期死亡。32人接受了心包切除术;其中28人的病因是结核性的。本报告旨在提请注意纳塔尔非洲儿童中缩窄性心包炎的高发病率。