Effusive–constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon pericardial syndrome characterized by concomitant tamponade, caused by tense pericardial effusion, and constriction, caused by the visceral ...

The most-common aetiologies of constrictive pericarditis in developed countries are cardiac surgery and idiopathic pericarditis, whereas in developing countries with high tuberculosis prevalence, ...

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disorder that occurs when the thin sac that surrounds and protects the heart becomes stiff and thick, limiting the heart’s ability to pump blood. Symptoms may ...

Common causes of constrictive pericarditis include prior heart surgery, a history of radiation therapy, infections such as tuberculosis, chest injury, and other possible factors. Constrictive ...

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is caused by reduction in the elasticity of the pericardium resulting in impaired diastolic filling of the heart. All types of CP were thought to be irreversible in the ...

A 41-year-old outdoor workman was admitted to the Jefferson Davis Hospital on April 27, 1963, because of progressive breathlessness. He had been well until 3 months previously, when anorexia, retching ...

A 71-year-old man with a history of a locally excised melanoma presented to his family physician with 2 years of progressive lower leg edema, ascites, weight loss, fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. His ...

Constrictive pericarditis is long-term, or chronic, inflammation of the pericardium. The pericardium is the sac-like membrane that surrounds the heart. Inflammation in this part of the heart causes ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon form of heart failure in which the pericardium — the sac of tissue surrounding the heart — becomes stiff and prevents the heart from filling and pumping blood ...