Subacute Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis

Subacute effusive-constrictive pericarditis.

Clinical and hemodynamic observations are reported in 13 patients who demonstrated a distinct pathophysiologic form of compressive pericardial disease characterized by effusion into a free pericardial space associated with constriction of the heart by the visceral pericardium. The pericardial disease was idiopathic (nine patients) or subsequent to radiotherapy (four patients), with a maximal du...

Subacute Constrictive Pericarditis

Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis

INTRODUCTION Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by constriction of the heart secondary to pericardial inflammation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is useful imaging modality for addressing the challenges of confirming this diagnosis. It can be used to exclude other causes of right heart failure, such as pulmonary hypertension or myocardial infarction, determine whether ...

tuberculous effusive-constrictive pericarditis

discussion transthoracic echocardiography disclosed massive pericardial effusion, respiratory variation in mitral and tricuspid inflow e velocity, increased diastolic flow reversal with expiration in the hepatic vein, septum deviation in inspiration toward the left ventricle (lv), preserved lv function, and inferior vena caval (ivc) dilation without any collapse in inspiration. chest computed t...

Predictors of constrictive pericarditis after tuberculous pericarditis.

OBJECTIVE To identify features which predict the subsequent development of constrictive pericarditis from acute or subacute tuberculous (TB) pericarditis. SETTING Tertiary referral centre, chest hospital. PATIENTS The records of 16 consecutive patients in whom acute or subacute TB pericarditis was diagnosed between 1988 and 1990 at a chest hospital were reviewed. These records included a fo...