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Constrictive Pericarditis: There Is Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact [PDF]

Diagnostics
Introduction: we discuss the clinical case of a patient referred to our cardiology unit to evaluate the need for a pericardiectomy due to constrictive pericarditis.
Daniele Masarone, Dario Catapano, Luigi Falco, Sabrina Siniscalchi, Emilio di Lorenzo   +4 more
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Delayed Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis Resulting in Recurrent Heart Failure: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Constrictive pericarditis can lead to compromised diastolic ventricular filling due to pericardial inflammation and fibrosis. A diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis was established by identifying structural and hemodynamic features through ...
Chunliang Wang, Yuzhu Fan, Guiting Liang, Yu Chen, Tian Tu, Juan Du   +5 more
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A failing right heart in an eggshell: A case report of idiopathic constrictive pericarditis [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
key Clinical Message Constrictive Pericarditis is a rare fibrotic conversion of the pericardium that results in non‐specific clinical symptoms such as hepatomegaly, ascites, pleural effusions, and lower extremity edema.
Nivedha Balaji, Sheriff N. Dodoo, Alex Adams, Priyadarshini Dixit, Giancarlo Acosta, Jaime Burkle   +5 more
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Predictors of postoperative complication and prolonged intensive care unit stay after complete pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background The risk factors of postoperative outcomes after pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis have still been unclear. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of postoperative complication and prolonged intensive care unit ...
Likui Fang, Guocan Yu, Jinpeng Huang, Wuchen Zhao, Bo Ye   +4 more
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An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serology for ...
Ankit Agrawal, MD, Ashwin K. Kumar, MD, Muhammad Majid, MD, Abdullah Yesilyaprak, MD, Beni Verma, MD, Aro Daniela Arockiam, MD, Osamah Badwan, MD, Alveena Batool Syed, MD, Allan L. Klein, MD   +8 more
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Development of rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis by 12-lead electrocardiogram [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aim We developed a rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy through a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis.
Yanhong Ren, Yanshu Dong, Xinyue Fan, Hongrui Xu, Shuangyi Yin   +4 more
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Analysis of the clinical manifestations and diagnostic process of the pleural effusion associated with constrictive pericarditis [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectivesThe primary objective of this study is to analyze the clinical manifestations, diagnostic procedures, and outcomes of patients with pathologically confirmed constrictive pericarditis who presented with bilateral pleural effusions.
Weifeng Wei, Panxiao Shen, Shaowei Liu, Naijian Li, Yunxiang Zeng, Lunchao Ma, Jinlin Wang   +6 more
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Rituximab and pericardiectomy with waffle procedure in constrictive pericarditis due to IgG4‐related disease: A case report [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message We should consider IgG4‐related disease (IGRD) as one of the potential causes of constrictive pericarditis. In patients with constrictive pericarditis due to IGRD, the combination of surgical treatment and immunosuppressive therapy ...
Toshitaka Okabe, Taishi Kawahata, Yui Koyanagi, Yuki Ito, Yuma Gibo, Takeshi Okura, Naoei Isomura, Akihiro Nabuchi, Hiroshi Okuyama, Masahiko Ochiai   +9 more
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A Review of the Surgical Treatment for Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2023
Chronic constrictive pericarditis results in the signs and symptoms of heart failure due to the chronic compression of the myocardium. When the pericardium becomes thickened and fibrosed, surgery is the sole curative management strategy. Surgery leads to
Imran Khan
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Multimodality Imaging of Constrictive Pericarditis: Pathophysiology and New Concepts

Current Cardiology Reports, 2022
The unique pathophysiological changes of constrictive pericarditis (CP) can now be identified with better imaging modalities, thereby helping in its early diagnosis.
S. Sohal, S. Mathai, K. Lipat, Arpanjeet Kaur, Gautam K Visveswaran, M. Cohen, S. Waxman, N. Tiwari, Esad Vucic   +8 more
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