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Delayed Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis Resulting in Recurrent Heart Failure: A Case Report
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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Tuberculous constrictive pericarditis [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2019 A previously healthy 53-year-old Brazilian man presented with a 3-month history of anasarca, dyspnoea on minimal exertion, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, low-grade fever and an unintentional 12 kg weight loss. No prior medical condition was related.
Neiberg de Alcantara Lima +3 more
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A failing right heart in an eggshell: A case report of idiopathic constrictive pericarditis
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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Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018 Pericardial mesotheliomas are rare tumors which often present with features of constrictive pericarditis. We present clinical, imaging, histological, and immunohistochemical findings of three cases presenting with chronic constrictive pericarditis.
Monalisa Hui +2 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Pleural mesothelioma (PM) with pericardial involvement is extremely rare. We now report a rare case of malignant PM with constrictive pericarditis as the first presentation.
Cheng‐Peng He +10 more
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Chronic constrictive pericarditis: a rare cardiac involvement in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Background Constrictive pericarditis represents a chronic condition and systemic inflammatory diseases are a known, yet uncommon, cause. Pericardial involvement is seldom reported in primary Sjögren’s syndrome, usually occurring in association with ...
Fabiana Duarte +5 more
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A clinical case of tuberculosis with transient constrictive pericarditis and perimyocarditis
Echo Research and Practice, 2019 Tuberculous pericarditis is a rare diagnosis seen among as few as 1% of tuberculosis (TB) patients in developed countries. We present a case of a 60-year-old male suffering from a transient constrictive pericarditis and subclinical involvement of the ...
V D Mathiasen +3 more
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Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report
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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Constrictive Pericarditis: There Is Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact
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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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2017 We here report a successful midterm outcome following combined off-pump radical pericardiectomy and coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in a 65-year-old male patient who was suffering from chronic constrictive calcified tubercular pericarditis with ...
Gauranga Majumdar +4 more
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