A Rare Case of Dense Spontaneous Echo Contrast within Inferior Vena Cava

A 33-year-old gentleman was examined because of fatigue and progressive right heart failure. A striking finding in his echocardiogram was intense and slow-moving dense echo contrast in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Cardiac catheterization revealed constrictive pericarditis, and pericardiectomy was p...

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Autores principales: Majumder, Biswajit, Chatterjee, Pritam Kumar, Chatterjee, Sharmistha, Sudeep, K. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6172892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30306030
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_1_18
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Sumario:A 33-year-old gentleman was examined because of fatigue and progressive right heart failure. A striking finding in his echocardiogram was intense and slow-moving dense echo contrast in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Cardiac catheterization revealed constrictive pericarditis, and pericardiectomy was performed. Postoperatively spontaneous echo contrast in IVC have resolved. This case helps explain the origin of spontaneous IVC contrast.

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