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Constrictive Pericarditis and Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis: Is There a Role for Medical Therapy? [PDF]

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) represents a spectrum of pericardial diseases characterized by impaired ventricular filling due to a noncompliant pericardium.
Lamis El Harake, Mohamed Al-Kazaz, Paul C. Cremer   +2 more
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Hemodynamics of Pericardial Constriction: Role of Echocardiography and Cardiac Catheterization [PDF]

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Constrictive pericarditis is a condition of diastolic heart failure with unique hemodynamic manifestations. While potentially curable if treated appropriately, constrictive pericarditis remains a diagnostic challenge, particularly during early ...
David M. Harmon, Jae K. Oh
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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, Luís Oliveira, Tomás Fontes, Sância Ramos, Raquel Dourado, Dinis Martins   +5 more
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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, Ashwin K. Kumar, MD, Muhammad Majid, MD, Abdullah Yesilyaprak, MD, Beni Verma, MD, Aro Daniela Arockiam, MD, Osamah Badwan, MD, Alveena Batool Syed, MD, Allan L. Klein, MD   +8 more
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Risk of Constrictive Pericarditis After Acute Pericarditis [PDF]

Circulation, 2011
Background-Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is considered a rare, dreaded possible complication of acute pericarditis. Nevertheless, there is a lack of prospective studies that have evaluated the specific risk according to different etiologies.
Massimo Imazio, Antonio Brucato, Silvia Maestroni   +2 more
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Predictors of postoperative complication and prolonged intensive care unit stay after complete pericardiectomy in tuberculous constrictive pericarditis

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, Guocan Yu, Jinpeng Huang, Wuchen Zhao, Bo Ye   +4 more
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Perioperative and Surgical Management of Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Constrictive pericarditis represents a form of severe diastolic heart failure characterized by impaired diastolic filling due to a rigid, noncompliant pericardium.
Lamis El Harake, Mohamed Al-Kazaz, Paul C. Cremer, Douglas R. Johnston   +3 more
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Surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis

Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2017
Constrictive pericarditis is the final stage of a chronic inflammatory process characterized by fibrous thickening and calcification of the pericardium that impairs diastolic filling, reduces cardiac output, and ultimately leads to heart failure ...
Vistarini, Nicola, Mootoosamy, Parmeseeven, Burak Can Depboylu, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, Çıkrıkçıoğlu, Mustafa, El hamamsy, Ismail, Nicola Vistarini, Depboylu, Burak Can, Testuz, Ariane Marie, Ariane Testuz, El-Hamamsy, Ismail, Cikirikcioglu, Mustafa, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Testuz, Ariane, VISTARINI, NICOLA LUIGI CARLO, Parmeseeven Mootoosamy   +15 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis: A Challenging Diagnosis in Paediatrics [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015
Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon disease in children, usually difficult to diagnose. We present the case of a 14-year-old boy with a previous history of tuberculosis and right heart failure, in whom constrictive pericarditis was diagnosed.
Mariana Faustino, Inês Carmo Mendes, Rui Anjos   +2 more
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MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS

Российский кардиологический журнал, 2010
The features of pericardial morphology in constrictive pericarditis are described, based on the surgery material, which was obtained from 27 patients aged 5-77 years during pericardectomy.
V. V. Kochmasheva, E. S. Belikov, M. A. Dergunova   +2 more
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