Durmus E, Sunbul M, Kivrak T, Sari I, Mutlu B. Constrictive pericarditis in a young patient with very thick pericardium initially diagnosed as cirrhosis.
Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2013;
7:343-5. [PMID:
24327731 DOI:
10.1177/1753944713513220]
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Abstract
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a disease of pericardium that restricts filling of the heart. Patients with CP generally present to hospitals with exercise-induced dyspnea, pretibial edema and abdominal ascites, and it is sometimes mistakenly diagnosed as liver or renal disease. Pericardial thickening, which is defined as more than 4 mm in diameter, is observed in nearly 80% of patients. In the present paper, we describe a case of CP with a pericardial thickness of 12 mm that was initially diagnosed as cirrhosis.
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