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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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Constrictive pleuropericarditis: a dominant clinical manifestation in Whipple’s disease [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Whipple’s disease is a rare, multisystemic, chronic infectious disease which classically presents as a wasting illness characterized by polyarthralgia, diarrhea, fever, and lymphadenopathy. Pleuropericardial involvement is a common pathologic
Alan N Baer, George Stojan, Michael T Melia, Peter Illei, Sandeep J Khandhar, Stojan, George   +5 more
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Constrictive Pericarditis

Circulation Journal, 2008
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is characterized by scarring and loss of elasticity of the pericardium, resulting in external impedance of cardiac filling. In the developed world, CP is most frequently encountered as a consequence of previous cardiac surgery, thoracic irradiation, viral or idiopathic causes.
Partho P, Sengupta, Mackram F, Eleid, Bijoy K, Khandheria   +2 more
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Brothers with constrictive pericarditis – A novel mutation in a rare disease

Indian Heart Journal, 2016
Familial constrictive pericarditis is extremely rare. We report a case of two brothers both suffering constrictive pericarditis along with having multiple painless joint deformities.
Devendra V. Patil, Milind S. Phadke, Jivtesh S. Pahwa, Ashwin B. Dalal   +3 more
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Constrictive pericarditis in a post–renal transplant patient: a case report [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Constrictive pericarditis is a rare complication in the post–renal transplant period. It poses a diagnostic dilemma even in the modern era. Its incidence is not known and tuberculosis is implicated in some of the cases. CASE PRESENTATION: A
Chaminda Kularathne, Harshani D Perera, Ranga M Weerakkody, Rezvi Sheriff   +3 more
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Acute Transient Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis

JACC: Case Reports, 2019
A 52-year-old female developed acute idiopathic pericarditis, which was complicated with tamponade. Constrictive physiology persisted after pericardiocentesis, and effusive-constrictive pericarditis (ECP) was diagnosed.
Kazuhito Hirata, MD, Izumi Nakayama, MD, Minoru Wake, MD   +2 more
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Constrictive pericarditis and rheumatoid nodules with severe aortic incompetence. [PDF]

, 2014
The case of a female patient presenting with constrictive rheumatoid pericarditis and aortic incompetence secondary to valvular rheumatoid nodules is described along with a review of the literature with the aim to highlight this rare cause of aortic ...
Beattie, R, Booth, K, Herron, B, Parissis, H, Sheppard, MN   +4 more
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Rheumatoid constrictive pericarditis [clinical conference] [PDF]

Rheumatology, 1997
A 73-yr-old woman with a 4 yr history of rheumatoid arthritis presented with the clinical features of congestive cardiac failure. She had a good early response to standard therapy although she subsequently developed recurrent biventricular failure. The preservation of good ventricular function on echocardiography in the face of clinical evidence of ...
McRorie, E, Wright, R, Errington, M, Luqmani, R   +3 more
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Here's the rub: A case of constrictive pericarditis in an adult with cystic fibrosis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
We present a rare coexistence of constrictive pericarditis in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Careful attention to cardiac friction rub auscultated on initial examination prompted echocardiography revealing constrictive pericarditis further confirmed by ...
Matthew T. Brown, Ashley C. McDowell, Stephen D. Clements, Jr., Daniel D. Dressler   +3 more
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Acute idiopathic pericarditis with transient constriction [4] [PDF]

, 2004
The etiology and the clinical pattern of acute pericarditis change frequently and some classic assumption and descriptions are outdated.
Barbieri, Andrea, Bellone, Andrea, Bursi, Francesca, Grimaldi, Teresa, Modena, Maria Grazia, Ratti, Carlo   +5 more
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