Blunt trauma as a suspected cause of delayed constrictive pericarditis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Constrictive pericarditis is a heterogeneous disease with many causes. Traumatic hemopericardium is an uncommon initiating cause. We report the case of a man developing constrictive pericarditis after blunt chest trauma, in order to ...
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Armored heart as an image of constrictive pericarditis - a review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction: Pericarditis is diagnosed among 5% patients hospitalized due to chest pain. It is included in pericardial syndromes together with constrictive pericarditis, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade.
Wojciech Wokurka +9 more
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Quantification of echodensities in tuberculous pericardial effusion using fractal geometry: a proof of concept study [PDF]
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2012 Background The purpose of this study was to quantify the heterogeneous distribution of echodensities in the pericardial fluid of patients with tuberculous pericarditis using echocardiography and fractal analysis, and to determine whether there were ...
Ntsekhe Mpiko +2 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis: There Is Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact [PDF]
DiagnosticsIntroduction: 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 +4 more
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Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by constriction of the heart secondary to pericardial inflammation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is useful imaging modality for addressing the challenges of confirming this ...
Ali, Aamir +5 more
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Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Purulent pericarditis is an infectious disease, frequently caused by gram-positive bacteria, that is rarely observed in healthy individuals, and is often associated with predisposing conditions.
Ilenia Magnani +7 more
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Delayed Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis Resulting in Recurrent Heart Failure: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case ReportsConstrictive 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 +5 more
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A failing right heart in an eggshell: A case report of idiopathic constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
Clinical Case Reportskey 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 +5 more
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Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2013 Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a rare clinical entity that can pose diagnostic problems. The diagnosis of CP requires a high degree of clinical suspicion.
Doustkami, Hossein +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 +8 more
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