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The Fortress Becomes a Prison: Calcified Constrictive Pericarditis.
PRESENTATION The pericardium, normally so useful in defending the heart from outside invaders, can perform more like a cage when its flexibility is compromised. We present the case of a 50-year-old man who was admitted to the nephrology unit when severe chronic hypotension led to poor hemodynamic tolerance during hemodialysis. He had a 24-year history of kidney disease of unknown etiology. At d...
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Fig. 2. Computed tomography confirmed the highly calcified pericarditis with maximal thickness measured at 19 mm and only a small antero-apical region free of calcification. * Corresponding author. Address: Chirurgie Cardiothoracique et Vasculaire, Hopital Universitaire Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35 000 Rennes, France. Tel.: +33 2 99 28 24 97; fax: +33 2 99 28 24 96. E-mail address:...
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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...
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متن کاملConstrictive pericarditis
Constrictive pericarditis — Constrictive pericarditis is the result of scarring and consequent loss of the normal elasticity of the pericardial sac. Pericardial constriction is typically chronic, but variants include subacute, transient, and occult constriction. Pathologically, this results in chronic inflammation and, frequently, calcification. Grossly, the pericardium is considerably thicker ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1940
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-194003000-00011