Incidental findings of pericardial calcification
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Pericardial calcification in constrictive pericarditis
UNLABELLED BACKGROUND A high index of suspicion is required to make the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis (CP) in patients presenting with cirrhosis and volume overload, as they can otherwise go misdiagnosed for years. METHODS Case report. FINDINGS A 51 year-old man with a history of presumed alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with anasarca. Abdominal ultrasou...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Clinical Cases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2307-8960
DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i9.455