Occult constrictive pericardial disease emerging 40 years after chest radiation therapy: a case report

BACKGROUND: The main etiology of constrictive pericarditis (CP) has changed from tuberculosis to therapeutic mediastinal radiation and cardiac surgery. Occult constrictive pericardial disease (OCPD) is a covert disease in which CP is manifested in a condition of volume overload. CASE PRESENTATION: A...

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Autores principales: Goten, Chiaki, Murai, Hisayoshi, Takashima, Shin-ichiro, Kato, Takeshi, Usui, Soichiro, Furusho, Hiroshi, Saeki, Takahiro, Sakagami, Satoru, Takemura, Hirofumi, Kaneko, Shuichi, Takamura, Masayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29855329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0848-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29855329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0848-7

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