Fatal cardiac tamponade complicating anticoagulant therapy in rheumatoid arthritis |
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Authors: | D W Cotton C Cooper M Searle N L Cox J R Dathan |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, University of Sheffield Medical School. |
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Abstract: | Haemopericardium with tamponade is a rare complication of anticoagulant therapy. A case of fatal haemopericardium is described in a patient with rheumatoid pericarditis in whom the precipitating factor appeared to be intravenous anticoagulant therapy. |
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