Acute pericarditis is an acute inflammation of visceral, pariental or both. Acute pericarditis can be brought about by pyogenic bacteria. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, virus and fungi. Acute pericarditis can cause pericardial effusion and cardiac tanponade. Pericarditis and Pericardial effusion rarely usually bring about pericarditis is rheumatic fever or tuberculosis, or pyogenic bacteria. The t…
This retrospective study aimed to review the clinical features and management of patients with secundum atrial septal defect (ASD 2 degree). The subjects studied were 90 boys (39.8 percent) and 136 girls (60.2 percent), treated at the Outpatient Clinic, Cardiology Division, Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia, from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1992. Cl…