Recurrent constrictive pericarditis: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.

Constrictive pericarditis in the modern era: a diagnostic dilemma.

Constrictive pericarditis is caused by fibrosis and calcification of the pericardium, processes that inhibit diastolic filling of the heart. This condition has posed a diagnostic dilemma since it was first recognised clinically. Although many diagnostic approaches have become available subsequently, the diagnostic challenge remains. Because surgical intervention can provide complete relief of s...

Constrictive Pericarditis as a Never Ending Story: What's New?

Nowadays, we have a better understanding of the natural history of constrictive pericarditis such as transient constriction. In addition, we have acquired the correct understanding of hemodynamic features that are unique to constrictive pericarditis. This understanding has allowed us to diagnose constrictive pericarditis reliably with Doppler echocardiography and differentiation between constri...

Constrictive pericarditis. A diagnostic challenge.

[Constrictive pericarditis].

The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis remains a challenge because its physical findings and hemodynamics mimic restrictive cardiomyopathy. Various diagnostic advances over the years enable us to differentiate between these two conditions. This review begins with a case report of constrictive pericarditis, followed by a brief history and discussions of etiologies. Clinical features, radiolo...

Recurrent constrictive pericarditis associated with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis: A case report

INTRODUCTION Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon disease characterized by impaired diastolic filling of the ventricles, encased in a fibrotic pericardium resulting from an inflammatory process. Rheumatoid arthritis is a rare cause of constrictive pericarditis, usually due to a concomitant acute or chronic serositis. PRESENTATION OF CASE This paper presents a unique case of recurrent cons...