Constrictive pericarditis: Clinical and pathophysiologic characteristics

Predictors of Post Pericardiotomy Low Cardiac Output Syndrome in Patients With Pericardial Effusion

“…In others center, the choice of drainage method depends on the cause of the effusion, the patient's general health, the physician's experience and preference, and the facilities available but in our center, cardiologist avoids percutaneous pericardiocetesis and almost all patients underwent surgical drainage. 19 The causes of pericardial effusion change over time. At the time that we undertook this review, no causal evaluation of POLCOS after pericardial tamponade reliving had been performed recently in Iran.…”

“…Cause of PE includes: Specific causes of pericarditis include the following and are briefly reviewed below: 1-Idiopathic causes, 2-Infectious conditions, such as viral, bacterial, and tuberculosis infections, 3-Inflammatory disorders, such as RA, SLE, scleroderma, and rheumatic fever, 4-Metabolic disorders, such as renal failure, hypothyroidism, and hypercholesterolemia, 5-Cardiovascular disorders, such as acute MI, Dressler syndrome, and aortic dissection. [19][20][21][22] Miscellaneous causes, such as iatrogenic, neoplasm, drugs, irradiation, cardiovascular procedures, and trauma. In this relatively small series, 14 patients (3.3%) had low cardiac output syndrome within the first 24 postoperative hours, notwithstanding the "marked, sudden improvement in their hemodynamic status after drainage of the pericardial effusion.…”

N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) as a noninvasive marker for restrictive syndromes

“…CP typically presents chronic insidious signs and symptoms of predominantly systemic venous congestion (12). We believe that diastolic dysfunction secondary to pericardial effusion and pericardial constriction might be associated with an increase in NT-proBNP serum levels.…”

Pericarditis constrictiva como presentación grave e infrecuente de lupus eritematoso sistémico: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

“…En la PC hay pérdida de la elasticidad normal pericárdica por fibrosis y adherencias, produciendo compresión cardiaca y dificultad al llenado 6 , presentándose falla cardiaca predominantemente derecha, con hipertensión venosa y congestión visceral más que pulmonar 7 . La constricción simé-trica pericárdica eleva y ecualiza las presiones diastólicas de las cuatro cámaras y la presión capilar pulmonar por aumento en la presión telediastólica ventricular, con disminución del gasto cardiaco y de la presión arterial 8 .…”