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*Pericardiectomy
*Pericardiectomy
**This procedure is recommended for the patients with hemodynamic instability.
**This procedure is recommended for the patients with hemodynamic instability.<ref name="pmid2711975">{{cite journal |vauthors=Long R, Younes M, Patton N, Hershfield E |title=Tuberculous pericarditis: long-term outcome in patients who received medical therapy alone |journal=Am. Heart J. |volume=117 |issue=5 |pages=1133–9 |date=May 1989 |pmid=2711975 |doi=10.1016/0002-8703(89)90873-9 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3351140">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sagristà-Sauleda J, Permanyer-Miralda G, Soler-Soler J |title=Tuberculous pericarditis: ten year experience with a prospective protocol for diagnosis and treatment |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=724–8 |date=April 1988 |pmid=3351140 |doi=10.1016/0735-1097(88)90203-3 |url=}}</ref>


==Contraindications==
==Contraindications==

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Indications

  • The mainstay of treatment for tuberculous pericarditis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients resistance constrictive pericarditis.

Surgery

  • Pericardiectomy
    • This procedure is recommended for the patients with hemodynamic instability.[1][2]

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References

  1. Long R, Younes M, Patton N, Hershfield E (May 1989). "Tuberculous pericarditis: long-term outcome in patients who received medical therapy alone". Am. Heart J. 117 (5): 1133–9. doi:10.1016/0002-8703(89)90873-9. PMID 2711975.
  2. Sagristà-Sauleda J, Permanyer-Miralda G, Soler-Soler J (April 1988). "Tuberculous pericarditis: ten year experience with a prospective protocol for diagnosis and treatment". J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 11 (4): 724–8. doi:10.1016/0735-1097(88)90203-3. PMID 3351140.

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