[en] The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis is not easy to make. This rare condition can be suggested by clinical, echocardiograohic, hemodynamic, and radiological signs. It must be distinguished from restrictive cardiomyopathy as therapeutic options are radically different. We present an ambiguous case of constrictive pericarditis with macroscopically normal pericardium recognized 10 years after open-chest cardiac surgery: a large pericardiectomy rapidly induced clinical improvement.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems Surgery
Author, co-author :
Hoffer, E.
Materne, P.
Limet, Raymond ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Boland, J.
Language :
French
Title :
Le cas clinique du mois. Pericardite constrictive a pericarde macroscopiquement normal: a propos d'un cas
Alternative titles :
[en] Clinical Case of the Month. Constrictive Pericarditis with a Macroscopically Normal Pericardium: Apropos of a Case
Publication date :
April 2007
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
