Constrictive pericarditis – still an overlooked entity

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Published Mar 31, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22551/2016.10.0301.10065
Viviana Aursulesei Alexandru Cozma Simina Bulughiana Irina Iuliana Costache

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis still remains a challenge for clinicians because it is a rare disease, with a long symptom-free period that can make it difficult to establish the relation between etiology and first clinical presentation. Multimodality imaging is the modern approach for diagnostic work-up and clinical management. In this context, we report a typical case of constrictive pericardial disease, first misconstrued as decompensated liver cirrhosis, and later unsuccessfully treated as congestive heart failure, without a clear etiology. By reporting this case, we also aimed to highlight the importance of some complementary diagnostic techniques in refining the preoperative assessment, in order to adequately address a patient to pericardiectomy, the only curative treatment.

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Keywords

constrictive pericarditis, multimodality imaging, pericardiectomy

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How to Cite
Aursulesei, V., Cozma, A., Bulughiana, S., & Costache, I. I. (2016). Constrictive pericarditis – still an overlooked entity. Archive of Clinical Cases, 3(1), Arch Clin Cases 2016; 3(1):31-36. https://doi.org/10.22551/2016.10.0301.10065
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)
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Case Reports

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How to Cite

Aursulesei, V., Cozma, A., Bulughiana, S., & Costache, I. I. (2016). Constrictive pericarditis – still an overlooked entity. Archive of Clinical Cases, 3(1), Arch Clin Cases 2016; 3(1):31-36. https://doi.org/10.22551/2016.10.0301.10065