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  • Title: Pregnancy complicating irradiation-induced constrictive pericarditis.
    Author: Bakri YN, Martan A, Amri A, Amri M.
    Journal: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand; 1992 Feb; 71(2):143-4. PubMed ID: 1316044.
    Abstract:
    A case is reported of a 24-year-old primigravida who had severe effusive constrictive pericarditis secondary to mediastinal irradiation following chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease. Pregnancy was threatened by serious maternal cardiovascular complications, and a non-viable fetus was born spontaneously and prematurely. Patient was completely asymptomatic before pregnancy.
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