Cardiac tamponade in rheumatoid arthritis. A case report and review of the literature.

A 44-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis developed electrocardiographic changes compatible with a myopericarditis. During an exacerbation of her disease she developed an acute cardiac tamponade that was treated successfully by partial pericardiectomy.

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