Cholesterol Pericarditis

Cholesterol pericarditis is a rare condition characterized by a large, chronic cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion that often manifests with symptoms of heart failure. We report a case of an asymptomatic 51-year-old man with a massive cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion with echocardiographic ev...

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Autores principales: Khawaja, Tasveer, Feroze, Rafey, Hoit, Brian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9270592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35818601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.001
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author Khawaja, Tasveer
Feroze, Rafey
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description Cholesterol pericarditis is a rare condition characterized by a large, chronic cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion that often manifests with symptoms of heart failure. We report a case of an asymptomatic 51-year-old man with a massive cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion with echocardiographic evidence of impending tamponade. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-92705922022-07-10 Cholesterol Pericarditis Khawaja, Tasveer Feroze, Rafey Hoit, Brian D. JACC Case Rep Case Report Cholesterol pericarditis is a rare condition characterized by a large, chronic cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion that often manifests with symptoms of heart failure. We report a case of an asymptomatic 51-year-old man with a massive cholesterol-rich pericardial effusion with echocardiographic evidence of impending tamponade. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2022-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9270592/ /pubmed/35818601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.001 Text en © 2022 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9270592/
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