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| A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS |
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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 74 |
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Heart failure due to massive constrictive calcific pericarditis
Jorge A Brenes-Salazar
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
| Date of Web Publication | 26-Oct-2018 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jorge A Brenes-Salazar
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester MN 55905
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.244188
How to cite this article:
Brenes-Salazar JA. Heart failure due to massive constrictive calcific pericarditis. Heart Views 2018;19:74 |
Although ischemic cardiomyopathy and diastolic dysfunction account for most of the cases of clinical heart failure, constrictive pericarditis should be entertained in the differential diagnosis [Figure 1], particularly when right-sided failure is predominant. Surgical pericardiectomy, if feasible, is the treatment of choice. | [Figure 1]: (a) Thin-slice computed tomography scan, bone window, displaying exuberant pericardial calcification (bracket). (b) Angiography of the right coronary artery confirms extensive irregular calcium deposits along the pericardium (arrows)
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