The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis remains a challenge because its physical findings and hemodynamics mimic restrictive cardiomyopathy. Various diagnostic advances over the years enable us to differentiate between these two conditions. This review begins with a case report of constrictive pericarditis, followed by a brief history and discussions of etiologies. Clinical features, radiolo...

Regional or localized pericarditis has been infrequently reported. We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who presented with retrosternal pleuritic-type chest pain without audible friction rub, electrocardiographic changes or detectable pericardial effusion on echocardiography. Computed tomography, however, revealed a circumscribed area of pericardial inflammation, suggest...

A 25-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic man who was admitted to hospital with severe diabetic ketoacidosis and dehydration showed sequential electrocardiographic abnormalities of acute pericarditis. Though the patient had retrosternal chest pain, no pericardial friction rub was heard. None of the usual causes of pericarditis was found and the electrocardiographic abnormality may have been attr...

INTRODUCTION In general, pericardial diseases in small animal practice are rare, with pericardial effusion being the most commonly encountered pericardial disease. Septic pericarditis, although well recognised in cattle and humans, has rarely been reported in either the dog or cat. Septic pericarditis can result from pleural or pulmonary infections, secondary to trauma, or from haematogenous sp...

A case of acute varigate porphyria associated with meningism, pericarditis/myocarditis is presented and relevance in treatment discussed(JPMA36:1986). MENINGISM, PERICARDITIS/MYOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE VARIGATE

Acute pericarditis continues to present a challenge to the clinician from the point of view of etiology and differential diagnosis as well as treatment. Acute pericarditis occurring in the course of myocardial infarction, neo-plastic diseases and advanced renal disease with uremia may be accepted as directly related to these disorders. It poses, however, an etiologic and differential diagnostic...

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare type of pericardial disease that can be caused by various factors. Tuberculosis (TB) one the most common causes this abnormality in Indonesia. Interestingly, tuberculous constrictive occur absence acute pericarditis, pulmonary, or extrapulmonary TB. This case described male adolescent with refractory right-sided heart failure symptoms who developed rapidly pr...

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...

AIM To conduct a review of "interferon related pericarditis". METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cinahl, and the Cochrane Database from the earliest available date through September 2016. A search strategy using the Medical Subject Headings and text keywords "interferon" and "pericarditis" were used. RESULTS Nine case reports were eligible for the present study. Six of 8 cases were women ...