A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 19 | Issue : 2 | Page : 74-
Heart failure due to massive constrictive calcific pericarditis
Jorge A Brenes-Salazar
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jorge A Brenes-Salazar
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester MN 55905
USA
How to cite this article:
Brenes-Salazar JA. Heart failure due to massive constrictive calcific pericarditis.Heart Views 2018;19:74-74
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How to cite this URL:
Brenes-Salazar JA. Heart failure due to massive constrictive calcific pericarditis. Heart Views [serial online] 2018 [cited 2023 Dec 6 ];19:74-74
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Full Text
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}
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