Pericardial hematoma after blunt chest trauma.

e s a d p w a o As previously described, bleeding into the pericardium after a blunt chest trauma can initiate a process of inflammation, calcification and scarring that can eventually result in constrictive pericarditis. We present the case of a 36-year-old man who was referred to our hospital from another institution for cardiac MRI study with echocardiographic suspicion of constrictive pericarditis. He had suffered a blunt chest trauma several months before while working. At that time, echocardiographic analysis revealed a moderate pericardial effusion which was treated with anti-inflammatory drugs. His clinical