A case of recurrent pericardial constriction presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension

Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a relatively rare condition in which the pericardium becomes fibrotic and noncompliant, eventually resulting in heart failure due to impaired ventricular filling. The only curative treatment is pericardiectomy. Classically, CP does not usually cause severe p...

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Autores principales: Brunner, Nathan W., Ramachandran, Krithika, Kudelko, Kristina T., Sung, Yon K., Spiekerkoetter, Edda, Yang, Phillip C., Zamanian, Roham T., Perez, Vinicio de Jesus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015347
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.114780

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