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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 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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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 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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Constrictive Pericarditis: A Commonly Missed Cause of Treatable Diastolic Heart Failure

Cureus, 2020
Constrictive pericarditis arises as a result of the fibrous thickening of the pericardium due to chronic inflammatory changes from various injuries. Increased pulmonary and systemic venous pressures manifest clinical features of left and right heart ...
P. Bhattad, Vinay Jain
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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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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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'Localized' constrictive pericarditis. [PDF]

Eur Heart J Case Rep
Yuan S, Wei M, Li P.
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Constrictive Pericarditis After Lung Transplantation

Transplantation, 2020
Background. Constrictive pericarditis is a rare, but increasingly recognized long-term postoperative complication of lung transplantation. Heightened clinical suspicion, improved diagnostic imaging, and effective surgical treatment of the disease have ...
J. Armstrong, C. M. Wojnarski, A. Choi, M. Hartwig, J. Klapper, J. Haney, C. Milano, M. Daneshmand   +7 more
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