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Propionibacterium acnes: A Treatable Cause of Constrictive Pericarditis
Case Reports in Medicine, 2015 In this case report we share a case of infective Pericarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) in an immune-competent, nonsurgical patient. This case and review will illustrate the importance of considering P.
Daniel Cruz +3 more
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Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2009 This is a report of a 49-year-old male, who presented with typical signs and symptoms of constrictive pericarditis. He was diagnosed with sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) and anomalous right upper pulmonary venous return during his adolescence ...
Uppu Santosh +2 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis: A Challenging Diagnosis in Paediatrics
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015 Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon disease in children, usually difficult to diagnose. We present the case of a 14-year-old boy with a previous history of tuberculosis and right heart failure, in whom constrictive pericarditis was diagnosed.
Mariana Faustino +2 more
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Rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis.
British journal of rheumatology, 1997 A 73-yr-old woman with a 4 yr history of rheumatoid arthritis presented with the clinical features of congestive cardiac failure. She had a good early response to standard therapy although she subsequently developed recurrent biventricular failure. The preservation of good ventricular function on echocardiography in the face of clinical evidence of ...
McRorie, E +3 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryAim 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 +4 more
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Tuberculous pericardial abscess with impending pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade [PDF]
, 2011 The case of a 59 year male with acute tuberculous pericardial abscess who presented with cough, dyspnoea, haemoptysis, signs of Tamponade and a large Pleural Effusion is reported.
Faheem-ul-Haq, +4 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis After a Stab Wound of the Chest
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesConstrictive pericarditis is an uncommon cause of diastolic heart failure resulting by impaired cardiac filling from an inelastic pericardium. We present a case of constrictive pericarditis in a 39-years-old man following thoracic penetrating trauma in ...
Carmen Del Giudice +12 more
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Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]
, 2014 Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Chang, Simone, Maharaj, Satish
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An inflammatory condition with different faces: Immunoglobulin G4-Related disease [PDF]
, 2016 __Background:__ Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibro-inflammatory condition with involvement of different organs. The pathophysiological mechanism is unclear, but fibrosis is the hallmark of this disease.
Guenoun, J. (Jamal) +4 more
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