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- Title
Hourglass-shaped right ventricle and localized constrictive pericarditis.
- Authors
Karakus, Alper; Ari, Hasan; Camci, Sencer; Ari, Selma; Tutuncu, Ahmet; Melek, Mehmet
- Abstract
Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by thick pericardial fibrosis and frequent calcification that progressively impairs diastolic filling of the heart. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis has been challenging even though multiple diagnostic modalities have been developed. The diagnosis of constructive pericarditis is especially difficult in localized constrictive pericarditis which is extremely rare. We report a case of localized constrictive pericarditis with a 3D multislice cardiac computed tomography ( CT) finding of the constrictive band causing strangulation and hourglass shaping of the right ventricle.
- Subjects
PERICARDITIS; ABDOMEN; STENOSIS; ATRIAL fibrillation; CARDIAC catheterization; CHEST X rays; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; RIGHT heart ventricle; CARDIAC surgery; PAIN; CALCINOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR computed tomography; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2017, Vol 34, Issue 2, p320
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.13424