"The report provides new information on the prevalence of effusive-constrictive pericarditis, its causation, clinical and hemodynamic features, natural history, and response to medical and surgical ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...

These findings may not be present in all patients with constrictive pericarditis, hence, absence of these findings cannot be used to rule out constrictive pericarditis. Early and correct diagnosis of ...

In the past five years 10 cases have been reported in which hypoalbuminemia due to excessive protein loss from the gut has been associated with constrictive pericarditis. 5–11 Recently, we observed ...

A 41-year-old outdoor workman was admitted to the Jefferson Davis Hospital on April 27, 1963, because of progressive breathlessness. He had been well until 3 months previously, when anorexia, retching ...

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) after allogeneic SCT may develop after infective pericarditis or pericardial GVHD. Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), also a rare disease, is usually seen in ...

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham has had surgery for a hardened heart. The notoriously anti-LGBTQ Christian preacher revealed in a statement Tuesday that he had undergone successful surgery for ...

Pericarditis is defined as the state of inflammation or infection of the pericardium, the membranous sac that encloses the heart. The cause and severity of pericarditis determines the type of ...

BARCELONA -- Adding steroids to anti-tuberculosis treatment for patients with tuberculous pericarditis can reduce the risk of an important complication and the resulting hospital admissions, ...

A 44-year-old otherwise healthy man presents to an emergency department in Baltimore, noting that for the past 24 hours he has had a sharp pain in his chest that worsens when he breathes deeply. He ...