Abstract:Etiology of constrictive pericarditis is diversified. In recent years the role of viral and iatrogenic factors (X-ray therapy, cardiac surgery) has increased. Clinical manifestations, including subjec...Etiology of constrictive pericarditis is diversified. In recent years the role of viral and iatrogenic factors (X-ray therapy, cardiac surgery) has increased. Clinical manifestations, including subjective complaints, resemble those in congestive heart failure although the mechanism of hemodynamic disorders is different--namely impairment of ventricular filling and diastolic performance. One encounters major difficulties while differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy. In some patients conservative treatment is effective, in a majority of them surgical operation, pericardiectomy is the treatment of choice.Read More
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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