Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis and Eggshell Calcification of the Heart

Extensive pericardial calcification is rare in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP). We report the case of a young man who had CCP with “eggshell” calcification of the pericardium and the classic features of CCP on echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The patient had an une...

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Autores principales: Vijayvergiya, Rajesh, Kaur, Navjyot, Patel, Ramesh, Lal, Anupam, Kasinadhuni, Ganesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Heart Failure
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.026
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author Vijayvergiya, Rajesh
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Lal, Anupam
Kasinadhuni, Ganesh
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description Extensive pericardial calcification is rare in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP). We report the case of a young man who had CCP with “eggshell” calcification of the pericardium and the classic features of CCP on echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The patient had an uneventful recovery following surgical pericardiectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-83021612021-07-26 Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis and Eggshell Calcification of the Heart Vijayvergiya, Rajesh Kaur, Navjyot Patel, Ramesh Lal, Anupam Kasinadhuni, Ganesh JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Heart Failure Extensive pericardial calcification is rare in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP). We report the case of a young man who had CCP with “eggshell” calcification of the pericardium and the classic features of CCP on echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The patient had an uneventful recovery following surgical pericardiectomy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2020-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8302161/ /pubmed/34317013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.026 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis and Eggshell Calcification of the Heart
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topic Mini-Focus Issue: Heart Failure
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8302161/
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