Constrictive Pericarditis in 26 Patients With Histologically Normal Pericardial Thickness
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Constrictive pericarditis in 26 patients with histologically normal pericardial thickness.
BACKGROUND Traditionally, increased pericardial thickness has been considered an essential diagnostic feature of constrictive pericarditis. Although constriction with a normal-thickness pericardium has been demonstrated clinically by noninvasive imaging, the details of clinicopathological correlates have not been described. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 143 patients with proven constriction ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000087606.18453.fd