TY  - JOUR
T1  - REcognition and treatment of hemopericardium and hemorrhagic pericarditis by pericardiotomy
AU  - MESSINGER WJ, EMMANUEL GE
Y1  - 1959/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270040099013
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 613
EP  - 620
VL  - 103
IS  - 4
N2  - The recognition of hemopericardium occurring during the course of acute myocardial infarction when recognized and treated appropriately can significantly change the course of the patient. The differentiation between hemopericardium and hemorrhagic pericarditis may on occasions be extremely difficult. Whether the use of anticoagulants in the treatment of myocardial infarction has increased the incidence of hemopericardium and hemorrhagic pericarditis remains a moot question. However, reports by Leedham and Orbison,1 Nichol,2 and Rose, Ott, and Maier3 have served to emphasize the importance of recognizing the presence of hemopericardium in a patient to whom anticoagulants have been administered.The report of Laszlo4 has focused our attention on another aspect of hemopericardium, namely, as to whether constriction of the pericardium can occur as a complication. His report is rather convincing in this respect.It is the purpose of this presentation to report the clinical course of two patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction, both
SN  - 0888-2479
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270040099013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270040099013
ER  -