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Constrictive pericarditis is an easily overlooked cause of right heart failure: a case report

We describe a patient who suffered progressive right heart failure of unknown aetiology, despite a lengthy series of hospital investigations. Constrictive pericarditis had not been suspected during life, and was ultimately diagnosed as an autopsy finding. The salient clinical features and confirmato...

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Autores principales: Malkowska, Aleksandra M, Waring, W Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-27