Common causes of constrictive pericarditis include prior heart surgery, a history of radiation therapy, infections such as tuberculosis, chest injury, and other possible factors. Constrictive ...

Since acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis is a common cause of transient CP, ST elevation and PR segment depression in all derivations except a VR and V 1, and diffuse T wave negativity may be ...

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disorder that occurs when the thin sac that surrounds and protects the heart becomes stiff and thick, limiting the heart’s ability to pump blood. Symptoms may ...

If pericarditis persists for more than three months, then it is called chronic pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis (CP) (hardness of the pericardium tissue through scarring) and chronic effusive ...

The inflammation or infection that occurs in the pericardium is called pericarditis. Inflammation of the pericardial layers ensues when the membrane gets thickened and the layers rub against each ...

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 ...

Acute pericarditis is inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart that develops suddenly and causes sharp chest pain. The cause is usually a viral or bacterial infection. The condition is ...

H.W.L., a 33-year-old man, was found to have an elevated blood pressure at 20 years of age and was treated sporadically with reserpine until June, 1966, when he was referred with the . . . We are ...

Tuberculous pericarditis occurs when tuberculosis spreads to the area surrounding your heart. It can cause symptoms like chest pain and lead to life threatening complications. Prompt treatment is ...

Pericardiectomy should not be considered for constrictive physiology that presents with relatively new-onset symptoms/signs. Empirical treatment of acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis and ...

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon form of heart failure in which the pericardium — the sac of tissue surrounding the heart — becomes stiff and prevents the heart from filling and pumping blood ...