Extrapulmonary involvement can occur in isolation or along with a pulmonary focus as in the
case of patients with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). The recent human immunodeficiency …

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to public health throughout the world but
disproportionately afflicts low-income nations. Persons in close contact with a patient with …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has been associated with an increase in
all forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis including tuberculous pericarditis. Tuberculosis is …

The diagnosis of tuberculous aetiology in pericardial effusions is important since the
prognosis is excellent with specific treatment. The clinical features may not be distinctive and …

Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening condition, whose current specific cause and
outcome are unknown. Our purpose was to analyze it. We performed a retrospective …

Background. Cardiac tamponade (CT) represents a life‐threatening condition, and the
optimal method of draining accumulated pericardial fluid remains controversial. We have …

Methods We studied patients with large pericardial effusions (sum of echo-free space> 20
mm) or who were suspected to have tamponade using standard echocardiographic criteria …

The authors present a case of a 44-year-old female with unrecognised hypothyroidism
consulting for heart failure symptoms. Echocardiogram revealed massive pericardial …

Introduction Pericardial effusion (PE) is a life-threatening condition. However, there are very
few Indian studies which determined etiological distribution. The current retrospective …

Tuberculosis has been increasing in incidence in recent years. Pericardial involvement and
pericardial effusions are well-documented and may result in pericardial tamponade. Despite …