Case report: Epstein–Barr virus and constrictive pericarditis—An unusual combination
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 Constrictive pericarditis is a chronic inflammatory process that can lead to heart failure if not diagnosed and treated correctly. Although Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)–related pericarditis is a very rare condition, it should still be considered for a ...
Mario Panebianco +8 more
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Outcomes of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis following mediastinal irradiation
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2021 Pericardiectomy for postradiation constrictive pericarditis has been reported to generally have unfavorable outcomes. This study sought to evaluate surgical outcomes in a large cohort of patients undergoing pericardiectomy for radiation‐associated ...
S. Pahwa +12 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a challenging clinical scenario in which the heart muscle is entrapped by thick, fibrous, and frequently calcified pericardial layers. Whereas infectious diseases (mostly bacterial) had been observed as the main etiology in the last decades, nowadays, post-surgical or radiotherapy iatrogenic inflammation is becoming ...
Meghan, Nahass, John, Kassotis
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Doppler evaluation of patients with constrictive pericarditis: Use of tricuspid regurgitation velocity curves to determine enhanced ventricular interaction [PDF]
, 1996 Objectives. This study sought to examine the value of analyzing Doppler echocardiographically derived tricuspid regurgitation signals during respiration in relation to the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis.Background.
Appleton, Christopher P. +4 more
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Effusive-constrictive pericarditis, hepatitis, and pancreatitis in a patient with possible coxsackievirus B infection: a case report [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Coxsackie B is a viral pathogen that presents with various invasive diseases in adults. Historically, the majority of adult cases with pericarditis or myocarditis have been attributed to coxsackievirus B.
Jon Persichino +3 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis as a Never Ending Story: What's New? [PDF]
, 2012 Nowadays, we have a better understanding of the natural history of constrictive pericarditis such as transient constriction. In addition, we have acquired the correct understanding of hemodynamic features that are unique to constrictive pericarditis ...
Sohn, Dae-Won
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Effect of prednisolone on inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pericardial disorders are a common cause of heart disease, and the most common cause of pericarditis in developing countries is tuberculous (TB) pericarditis.
Lai, RP +6 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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Multimodal imaging in constrictive pericarditis: a case report of cardiac cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2023 Constrictive pericarditis is a rare cause of ascites and cardiac cirrhosis. We present the case of a 36-year- old male patient with a history of cirrhosis of unknown etiology, who consulted for refractory ascites, dyspnea, and lower limb swelling ...
Baltodano-Arellano, Roberto +6 more
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Constrictive pericarditis and rheumatoid nodules with severe aortic incompetence. [PDF]
, 2014 The case of a female patient presenting with constrictive rheumatoid pericarditis and aortic incompetence secondary to valvular rheumatoid nodules is described along with a review of the literature with the aim to highlight this rare cause of aortic ...
Beattie, R +4 more
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