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SYSTEMIC VENOUS CONGESTION FROM IDIOPATHIC CALCIFIED CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS

Authors :
Mohammed Al-Hijji
Nandan S. Anavekar
Jae Yoon Park
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65:A764
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2015.

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is a curable cause of chronic heart failure. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis can be missed due to misleading gastrointestinal manifestations. Surgical pericardectomy remains the primary therapy for constrictive pericarditis. A 41-year-old man presented for

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Subjects :
Constrictive pericarditis
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.disease
Primary therapy
Venous congestion
Heart failure
Internal medicine
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
circulatory and respiratory physiology

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ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
65
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....01f41b9f9de15a13f7452c1dfa0bd7f6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(15)60764-1
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