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An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis
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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MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
Российский кардиологический журнал, 2010 The features of pericardial morphology in constrictive pericarditis are described, based on the surgery material, which was obtained from 27 patients aged 5-77 years during pericardectomy.
V. V. Kochmasheva +2 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis: A Challenging Diagnosis in Paediatrics [PDF]
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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Constrictive Pericarditis: An Overlooked Cause of Ascites [PDF]
, 2021 Aims: Constrictive pericarditis is a well-known but unusual and rare cause of ascites. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis in most patients who have chronic ascites is challenging.
Özyiğit, Irmak +2 more
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Constrictive tuberculous pericarditis in a HIV-positive patient [PDF]
, 2001 Constrictive pericarditis is a relatively rare clinical manifestation nowadays. We present the case of an HIV-positive patient with constrictive calcified pericarditis due to an infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Friedrich S. Eckstein +7 more
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Total Robotic Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis
, 2023 Constrictive pericarditis results from chronic fibrous thickening, and occasionally calcified adherence of the pericardium. The inelastic constriction of the pericardium impairs ventricular filling, resulting in increased filling pressures and decreased ...
Jett, G. Kimble (5419655) +4 more
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A rare case of constrictive pericarditis with Budd–Chiari syndrome due to right atrial thrombosis
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 Patients living with HIV (PLWH) with previous pulmonary tuberculosis, presenting with disproportionate ascites to peripheral congestion, should alert the clinician to consider constrictive pericarditis and Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS).
Somasundram Pillay, Nokwazi Moffat
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Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015 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 diagnosis. It can be used to exclude other causes of right heart failure, such as pulmonary hypertension or myocardial ...
Tse, Gary +5 more
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Chronotropic assessment in patients with constrictive pericarditis
, 2021 Management of constrictive pericarditis is often clinically challenging. Heart rate (HR) modulation using ivabradine is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with systolic heart failure, although it remains uninvestigated for other ...
Imamura, Teruhiko +3 more
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Blunt trauma as a suspected cause of delayed constrictive pericarditis: a case report
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 ...
Arabia Francisco A +2 more
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