BACKGROUND Pericardial constriction is a serious complication of tuberculous pericardial effusion that occurs in up to a quarter of patients despite anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the incidence of constrictive pericarditis following tuberculous pericardial effusion is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a prospective observa...

BACKGROUND In areas where Mycobacterium tuberculosis is endemic, tuberculosis is known to be the most common cause of pericarditis. However, the difficulty in diagnosis may lead to late complications such as constrictive pericarditis and increased mortality. Therefore, identification of patients at a high risk for poor prognosis, and prompt initiation of treatment are important in the outcome o...

CHRONIC constrictive pericarditis produces a characteristic clinical picture' that results from a characteristic eirculatorv alteration, namely, restriction of ventricular filling. Pericardial constriction is accompanied by typical abnormalities of right atrial and right ventricular pressure-pulse contours,2 and although the majority of patients are improved clinically after pericardiectomy, so...

A case is presented of constrictive endocardial fibroelastosis without other cardiac abnormality in a newborn infant who was treated successfully by orthotopic heart transplantation.

A case of chronic constrictive uraemic pericarditis successfully treated by pericardectomy is reported together with the pre- and postoperative haemodynamic data.

A patient with idiopathic pericardial effusion is reported. Patient developed transient constrictive hemodynamics which recovered with continued empirical use of antitubercular drugs and prednisolone.

C H11ONIC constrictive pericarditis, interestingly enough, was one of the very first pathologic conditions to be recognized. This is natural in view of the rather obvious gross lesion found at autopsy. Hence wlhei the custom of postmortem examinations b)egan to be established, pericarditis and its sequelae were quickly identified. Lower,8 in 1669, described the clinical effect of interference o...

Achieving high power performance and durability with low Pt loadings are critical challenges for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. PtCo catalysts developed on new carbon black supports show promise by simultaneously providing good oxygen reduction kinetics local transport. We investigate the role of nanoscale morphology in these supported accessible (HSC-e HSC-f) conventional (Ketjen Black) ...

BACKGROUND Constrictive pericarditis is a rare and disabling disease that can result in chronic fibrous thickening of the pericardium. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes following treatment of constrictive pericarditis by pericardiectomy. METHODS Between September 1992 and May 2014, 47 patients who underwent pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis were retr...

Four cases of occult pericardial constriction are presented. This condition is not uncommon, but needs high index of suspicion. Integration of detailed echocardiographic evaluation in a given patient with diseases known to cause pericardial involvement can clinch the diagnosis.