Constrictive Pericarditis with Extensive Calcification and Caseous Necrosis

Constrictive Pericarditis with Extensive Calcification and Caseous Necrosis

Abstract Constrictive pericarditis is a disease where loss of pericardial elasticity and restriction of filling of the cardiac chambers occurs. It is most often seen as an associated symptom of heart failure. Pericardiectomy provides effective treatment for patients with symptomatic constrictive per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco Antônio Volpe, Jorge Edwin Morocho Paredes, Emerson Maron, Isaac Samuel Moscoso Sanchez, João Alberto Pastor de Oliveira, Luiza Zita D’Albuquerque Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2020-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Subjects:
Pericarditis, Constrictive
Pericardiectomy
Ventricular Function, Right, Pericardium
Heart Failure
Treatment Outcome
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