A case of constrictive pericarditis during cabergoline treatment for hyperprolactinaemia.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
[Surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis].
Since 1957, 30 patients with constrictive pericarditis have been treated surgically in Kyushu University Hospital. The surgical approaches were the left anterolateral thoracotomy in 17 patients (group I); the median sternotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in 6 patients (group II); and the median sternotomy with CPB in 7 patients (group III). The hospital mortality was 3.3 percent. The m...
متن کامل“End-Stage” Constrictive Pericarditis—A Case Report
Aim: To report a case of “end-stage” constrictive pericarditis with clinical manifestations such as ascites mimicking as cirrhosis of liver. Introduction: In “End-stage” constrictive pericarditis, the etiology remains unknown in majority of cases and inflammation plays a central role in its development. It has been readily confused with cirrhosis of liver in which there may be ascites, but veno...
متن کاملConstrictive pericarditis.
A study has been made of 62 patients with constrictive pericarditis. There was considerable variation from the classical description of the disease. It is hoped that the findings may be of use, because both diagnosis and treatment can sometimes cause perplexity. The atiology and mode of onset of constrictive pericarditis will be considered first, since ,these have important effects on the final...
متن کاملInvestigation and treatment of constrictive pericarditis.
Twenty-six patients with constrictive pericarditis have been investigated and treated-by surgical in addition to medical methods in 22, and by medical management alone in four. A tuberculous aetiology was proved in only two patients but was probable in 10 others. One patient developed constriction of the heart following a stab wound, which caused a haemopericardium, and one after organization o...
متن کاملDiagnosis and treatment of constrictive pericarditis.
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) represents the final stages in the progression of an inflammatory process resulting from a wide range of possible pathologies affecting the pericardium (e.g., idiopathic, postsurgical/trauma, infectious, autoimmune disorders, irradiation, uremia, neoplastic, sarcoid, methysergide therapy). The end result is that the heart’s diastolic function (i.e. lusitropism) is...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Endocrinology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0804-4643,1479-683X
DOI: 10.1530/eje-07-0584