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PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundHeart failure is associated with exercise intolerance and sleep- disordered breathing; however, studies in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis are scarce.
Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de Melo +10 more
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Surgical Treatment of Constrictive Pericarditis
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023 Introduction: The mainstay of the treatment of constrictive pericarditis is pericardiectomy. However, surgery is associated with high early morbidity and mortality and low long-term survival.
Brunella Bertazzo +3 more
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Pericardiectomy causing abdominal hernia incarceration [PDF]
Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2011 A 26-year-old Rwandan male presented with constrictive pericarditis, massive ascites and a giant umbilical hernia that had been asymptomatic for over a decade. Successful pericardiectomy was complicated by prompt incarceration of the abdominal hernia.
Taufiek Konrad, Rajab +3 more
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Giant Mediastinal Teratoma in a Child: A Case Report With a Brief Review of the Literature
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.Contrast‐enhanced axial chest CT showing a large, well‐circumscribed mediastinal mass measuring approximately 15.9 × 14.1 cm (maximum axial dimensions). The lesion is predominantly of fluid attenuation, occupies nearly the entire left hemithorax, and produces marked rightward deviation of the mediastinum, compression of the contralateral lung ...
Urías Hernandez Lopez +5 more
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Importance. Constrictive pericarditis is a rare clinical entity that frequently necessitates surgical intervention. Here we present a case of biventricular failure due to stress cardiomyopathy after pericardiectomy. This is an extremely rare complication
Elliott M. Groves, Jin Kyung Kim
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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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Palliative treatment for symptomatic malignant pericardial effusion†. [PDF]
, 2014 Consensus has yet to emerge regarding the optimal choice of therapy in the management of malignant pericardial effusion. We review the literature to evaluate the existing evidence on the clinical effectiveness of surgical and interventional cardiological
Bowden, Jack +3 more
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Cancer Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background Brain metastasis (BM) occurs in < 3% of malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases and is associated with an aggressive disease course. While genomic profiling has provided insight into molecular alterations in MM, the characteristics of MM with brain involvement remain unexplored.
Paul M. Harary +8 more
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The management of tuberculous pericardial effusion : experience in 233 consecutive patients [PDF]
, 2007 The original publication is available at http://www.cvja.co.za/Aim: We report on the 30-day and one-year outcome of consecutive effusive pericarditis patients, including those with tuberculous pericarditis, over a six-year-period. Methods and Results:
Reuter, Helmuth +3 more
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Veterinary Surgery, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 771-780, May 2026.Abstract Objective To assess the safety and feasibility of near‐infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging with inhaled indocyanine green (ICG) to visualize normal pulmonary parenchyma in dogs, report clinically useful information regarding dosage and timing of administration, and to evaluate effects on pulmonary function and tissue histology.
Jourdan B. McPhetridge +5 more
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