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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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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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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 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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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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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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Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis [PDF]

Congestive Heart Failure, 2009
Effusive constrictive pericarditis (ECP) is a relatively infrequent pericardial condition. The diagnosis is typically made when symptoms and right heart pressure elevation persist despite drainage of pericardial effusion. Visceral and parietal pericardial stripping is an extensive procedure with significant morbidity and mortality but is widely ...
Rajeev, Garg, Avneet, Singh, Anand, Chockalingam   +2 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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Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Pericardial calcification is often found incidentally from imaging studies and may be a clue to constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis often mimics other causes of heart failure, pulmonary, or liver disease, making it hard to diagnose ...
Sondang Jasmine Sitorus, Gede Rur Us Suryawan, Rosi Amrilla Fagi   +2 more
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The Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE-I) on Human N-Acetyl-Seryl-Aspartyl-Lysyl-Proline (Ac-SDKP) Levels: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pericardial effusion is a pro-fibrotic condition that is complicated by constrictive pericarditis in 4% to 8% of cases. N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) is a ubiquitous tetrapeptide with anti-fibrotic properties ...
Mnguni, Ayanda Trevor, Engel, Mark E, Borkum, Megan S, Mayosi, Bongani M   +3 more
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