Constrictive pericarditis complicating endovascular pacemaker implantation.

Constrictive pericarditis complicating an endocardial pacemaker.

SUMMARY A patient is described with constrictive pericarditis after insertion of an endocardial pacemaker. As far as we know this complication has not been reported previously. Permanent endocardial pacemakers are now commonly implanted and a number of complications have been described.1 Constrictive pericarditis has been reported as a complication of epicardial pacemakers2; this has never been...

A case of subacute effusive constrictive pericarditis with a probable amoebic aetiology.

A 48 year old man with amoebic pericarditis did not improve after pericardiocentesis. Facilities for echocardiography and haemodynamic studies were not available. Cardiac compression was suspected and at emergency pericardiectomy subacute effusive constrictive amoebic pericarditis was found. The patient recovered. This is believed to be the first report of a case of subacute effusive constricti...

Constrictive pericarditis complicating cardiac transplantation

Constrictive pericarditis is a disease characterized by progressive pericardial fibrosis. If left untreated it can lead to progressive heart failure and can be severely disabling. Medical management with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in combination with colchicine is promising in the acute phase of the disease but for more chronic cases pericardiectomy offers the best chance for hemodyn...

Sole transfemoral venous access for cardiac pacemaker implantation.

To cite: Nührich JM, Willems S, Meyer C. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016215938 DESCRIPTION A 46-year-old man presented to the emergency department, with dizziness and syncopes. ECG revealed a second-degree Mobitz type 2 atrioventricular-block (figure 1A). Owing to a history of thrombosis, phlebography was performed, which showed thrombosis of ...

Chronic cardiac compression (chronic constrictive pericarditis); a critical study of sixty-one operated cases with follow-up.