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Pericardial calcification in constrictive pericarditis

BACKGROUND: A high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis (CP) in patients presenting with cirrhosis and volume overload, as they can otherwise go misdiagnosed for years. METHODS: Case report. FINDINGS: A 51 year-old man with a history of presumed alcoholic...

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Autores principales: Toledano, Michel, Bhagra, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23062694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-5-37