Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis (CCP) in Africa: Epidemiology, Etiology, Diagnosis, and Surgical Treatment [PDF]
, 2019 Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) is not rare in Africa with tuberculosis as the most common etiology. A long history of visceral tuberculosis, typical symptoms of CCP because of late clinical presentation in most cases, make diagnosis almost easy ...
Yangni-Angate, Koffi Herve
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following pericardiectomy: A case report
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2021 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is defined as a temporary and reversible systolic abnormality of the left ventricle's apical area resembling myocardial infarction in the nonexistence of coronary artery disease.
Huan Zhang, X. Liao
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Recent advances in multimodality imaging‐guided therapy in pericarditis
European Journal of Clinical Investigation, EarlyView.Multiple imaging targets have been identified as essential biomarkers to confirm pericardial thickening, edema, neovascularization, inflammation, fibrosis/calcification, cardiac tamponade physiology, and constriction. This novel approach is called imaging‐guided therapy, which guides anti‐inflammatory therapy, assesses treatment response, assists in ...
Joseph El Roumi +4 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 7, July 2025.Summary With the evolving landscape of diseases, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) now encompasses more than half of all heart failure patients. This condition is clinically diverse, involving multiple organ systems and often occurring alongside the aging process.
Zhongwen Qi +6 more
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Chylopericardium as a complication of cardiac surgery: Report of two cases and review of the literature [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2007 Chylopericardium refers to existing communication between the pericardial sac and the thoracic duct carrying the chyle. The objective of our report was to highlight the specificity of diagnosis and treatment of this rare but tedious condition through the
Velinović Miloš +11 more
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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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Experience of Pericardiectomy in Tikur Anbessa University Hospital, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Pericardiectomy is the only accepted curative treatment for improving cardiac haemodynamics in chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP).
Ali, Adem, Bekele, A, Biluts, H
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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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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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N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) as a noninvasive marker for restrictive syndromes [PDF]
, 2008 Constrictive pericarditis (CP) and restrictive cardiomyopathy share many similarities in both their clinical and hemodynamic characteristics and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a sensitive marker of cardiac diastolic ...
ARTEAGA, E. +7 more
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