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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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Pericardial mesothelioma presenting as chronic constrictive pericarditis. A series of three cases from a single institution

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018
Pericardial mesotheliomas are rare tumors which often present with features of constrictive pericarditis. We present clinical, imaging, histological, and immunohistochemical findings of three cases presenting with chronic constrictive pericarditis.
Monalisa Hui, K R Harshavardhana, Shantveer G Uppin   +2 more
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Tuberculous pericardial abscess with impending pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade [PDF]

, 2011
The case of a 59 year male with acute tuberculous pericardial abscess who presented with cough, dyspnoea, haemoptysis, signs of Tamponade and a large Pleural Effusion is reported.
Faheem-ul-Haq,, Fatimi, Saulat H., Hanif, Hashim Muhammad, Jalil, Fatima, Muzaffar, Marium   +4 more
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Tuberculous Pericarditis Presenting as Multiple Free Floating Masses in Pericardial Effusion [PDF]

, 2012
Pericarditis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis (Tb) in children. A 14-yr-old Korean boy presented with cardiac tamponade during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Blumberg, Bolt, Fowler, Heon-Seok Han, Jong Myeon Hong, Lin, Liu, Massoure, Mayosi, Ok-Jun Lee, Shin-Ae Yoon, Strang, Strang, Tirilomis, Trautner, Youn-Soo Hahn   +15 more
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AN OVERVIEW ON TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem. Lungs are the major site for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. TB clinical manifestations include primary TB, reactivation TB, laryngeal TB, endobronchial TB, lower lung field TB infection, and tuberculoma.
Amin Shaker
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Recurrent pericarditis in older adults: Clinical and laboratory features and outcome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 72, Issue 11, Page 3467-3475, November 2024.
Abstract Background Current guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis refer to the general adult population. Few and fragmentary data regarding recurrent pericarditis in older adults exist. Objective of the Study Given the absence of specific data in scientific literature, we hypothesized that there might be clinical, laboratory and ...
Emanuele Bizzi, Francesco Cavaleri, Ruggiero Mascolo, Edoardo Conte, Stefano Maggiolini, Caterina Chiara Decarlini, Silvia Maestroni, Valentino Collini, Ludovico Luca Sicignano, Elena Verrecchia, Raffaele Manna, Massimo Pancrazi, Lucia Trotta, Giuseppe Lopalco, Danilo Malandrino, Giada Pallini, Sara Catenazzi, Luisa Carrozzo, Giacomo Emmi, George Lazaros, Antonio Brucato, Massimo Imazio   +21 more
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Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
Tuberculous pericarditis can impair the heart's function and cause death; long term, it can cause the membrane to fibrose and constrict causing heart failure. In addition to antituberculous chemotherapy, treatments include corticosteroids, drainage, and surgery.To assess the effects of treatments for tuberculous pericarditis.We searched the Cochrane ...
Wiysonge, Charles S., Ntsekhe, Mpiko, Thabane, Lehana, Volmink, Jimmy, Majombozi, Dumisani, Gumedze, Freedom, Pandie, Shaheen, Mayosi, Bongani M.   +7 more
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The management of tuberculous pericardial effusion : experience in 233 consecutive patients [PDF]

, 2007
The original publication is available at http://www.cvja.co.za/Aim: We report on the 30-day and one-year outcome of consecutive effusive pericarditis patients, including those with tuberculous pericarditis, over a six-year-period. Methods and Results:
Reuter, Helmuth, Burgess, Lesley J., Louw, Vernon J., Doubell, Anton F.   +3 more
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Diagnostic procedure for localized constrictive pericarditis leading to bilateral pleural effusion: two case reports

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page 1785-1789, June 2024.
Abstract Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disease. Localized constrictive pericarditis leading to bilateral pleural effusion is more difficult to recognize, and the diagnostic procedure can be ambiguous. Here, we report two patients diagnosed with localized constrictive pericarditis who presented with bilateral pleural effusion.
Shaowei Liu, Zhi Li, Naijian Li, Weifeng Wei, Xinyin Liang, Jinlin Wang   +5 more
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A curious case of pulmonary hypertension in a child

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2022
Background Pulmonary hypertension in young children can be due to a myriad of conditions. Few aetiologies of pulmonary hypertension are potentially reversible. An extensive workup for the cause of pulmonary hypertension is a must before attributing it to
A. Shaheer Ahmed, Gaurav Kumar Divani, Shivank Gupta   +2 more
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