A case of recurrent pericardial constriction presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension

Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a relatively rare condition in which the pericardium becomes fibrotic and noncompliant, eventually resulting in heart failure due to impaired ventricular filling. The only curative treatment is pericardiectomy. Classically, CP does not usually cause severe p...

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Main Authors: Brunner, Nathan W., Ramachandran, Krithika, Kudelko, Kristina T., Sung, Yon K., Spiekerkoetter, Edda, Yang, Phillip C., Zamanian, Roham T., Perez, Vinicio de Jesus
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757841/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015347
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2045-8932.114780
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