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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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Constrictive Pericarditis: There Is Nothing More Deceptive than an Obvious Fact. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Introduction: we discuss the clinical case of a patient referred to our cardiology unit to evaluate the need for a pericardiectomy due to constrictive pericarditis.
Masarone D +4 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Background The risk factors of postoperative outcomes after pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis have still been unclear. This study aimed to investigate the predictors of postoperative complication and prolonged intensive care unit ...
Likui Fang +4 more
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Delayed Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis Resulting in Recurrent Heart Failure: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Med Insights Case RepConstrictive 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 ...
Wang C +5 more
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Development of rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis by 12-lead electrocardiogram. [PDF]
J Cardiothorac SurgAim We developed a rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy through a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis.
Ren Y, Dong Y, Fan X, Xu H, Yin S.
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A failing right heart in an eggshell: A case report of idiopathic constrictive pericarditis. [PDF]
Clin Case Repkey 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.
Balaji N +5 more
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Analysis of the clinical manifestations and diagnostic process of the pleural effusion associated with constrictive pericarditis. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne)ObjectivesThe primary objective of this study is to analyze the clinical manifestations, diagnostic procedures, and outcomes of patients with pathologically confirmed constrictive pericarditis who presented with bilateral pleural effusions.
Wei W +6 more
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Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2019 A patient presented with Ascites for 3 months. Clinical examination showed ascites , presence of atrial fibrillation and a raised JVP. Further evaluation helped make a diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis.
Faraz Ahmed Farooqui
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A Review of the Surgical Treatment for Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]
ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2023 Chronic constrictive pericarditis results in the signs and symptoms of heart failure due to the chronic compression of the myocardium. When the pericardium becomes thickened and fibrosed, surgery is the sole curative management strategy. Surgery leads to
Imran Khan
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Multimodality Imaging of Constrictive Pericarditis: Pathophysiology and New Concepts
Current Cardiology Reports, 2022 The unique pathophysiological changes of constrictive pericarditis (CP) can now be identified with better imaging modalities, thereby helping in its early diagnosis.
S. Sohal +8 more
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