The Insidious Course of Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis: A Case Report

Chronic constrictive pericarditis is an inflammatory disease of the pericardium, characterized by a fibro-calcareous pericardial thickening. This thickening responsible for impairment ventricular filling, thus defining adiastole (1). almost always affects both ventricles, increasing interventricular interdependence and leading to equalization right left filling pressures. The etiology condition has changed dramatically over time (2). Tuberculosis, once common cause, given way multitude other causes. clinical picture often non-specific. diagnosis may be difficult in some cases. made mainly chest X-ray, cardiac echo-Doppler catheterization. Subtotal pericardectomy necessary severe forms We report medical observation 37-year-old patient admitted our department management predominantly heart failure.