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Constrictive Pericarditis Treated by Surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We reviewed the records of 45 patients (mean age, 46.6 ± 14.9 yr; range, 21–84 yr) with a diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis who had undergone pericardiectomy from 1994 through 2006.
Ghavidel, Alireza A   +4 more
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Medical therapy of pericardial diseases: Part II: Noninfectious pericarditis, pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis

open access: yes, 2010
The treatment of pericardial diseases is largely empirical because of the relative lack of randomized trials compared with other cardiovascular diseases. The main forms of pericardial diseases that can be encountered in the clinical setting include acute
Derosa F. G.   +8 more
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Constrictive pericarditis due to hepatopericardial fistulas of hepatic echinococcosis

open access: yes, 2013
Hydatidosis is a parasitic infestation which is endemic to sheepherding regions of the world. Constrictive pericarditis secondary to pericardial hydatid disease is a very rare dentity. In our case, the cyst was not a primary cardiac hydatid cyst. In this
Hatemi, Ali Can   +4 more
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Development of rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis by 12-lead electrocardiogram

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aim 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.
Yanhong Ren   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Constrictive Pericarditis After a Stab Wound of the Chest

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon cause of diastolic heart failure resulting by impaired cardiac filling from an inelastic pericardium. We present a case of constrictive pericarditis in a 39-years-old man following thoracic penetrating trauma in ...
Carmen Del Giudice   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel role of cardiovascular MRI to contextualise tuberculous pericardial inflammation and oedema as predictors of constrictive pericarditis

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have reached epidemic proportions, particularly affecting vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
L. J. Giliomee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydralazine-induced constrictive pericarditis

open access: yes, 1996
A 59-year-old man was diagnosed as having constrictive pericarditis 17 months after a typical hydralazine-induced autoimmune syndrome, This late complication of hydralazine has been reported only once.
Gans, ROB; id_orcid   +9 more
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Analysis of the clinical manifestations and diagnostic process of the pleural effusion associated with constrictive pericarditis

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine
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.
Weifeng Wei   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Constrictive pericarditis and primary effusion lymphoma following allogeneic BMT for CML

open access: yes, 2022
Constrictive pericarditis and primary effusion lymphoma following allogeneic BMT for ...
R McLennan (13404318)   +6 more
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