Subacute effusive-constrictive pericarditis: Diagnosis by serial echocardiography

Baker, Cindy M.; Orsinelli, David A.

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2004.06.013

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“…The echocardiographic features of effusive-CP include pericardial effusion, a thickened pericardium or thick intrapericardial material, and evidence of constrictive physiology [79,80]. The hallmark of effusive CP is persistence of residual constrictive physiology post-pericardiocentesis [12].…”

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Emerging role of multimodality imaging in management of inflammatory pericardial diseases

Yingchoncharoen¹,

Alraies²,

Kwon³

et al. 2013

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

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The non-specific and highly variable symptomatology of inflammatory pericardial diseases create clinical challenges in making accurate diagnosis, which often requires the integration of clinical findings, imaging and invasive hemodynamic assessment. Echocardiography is considered to be a first-line imaging test in pericardial diseases. Emerging imaging modalities, especially cardiac MRI allowed better understanding of pericardial anatomy, physiology and, for the first time, enable demonstration of the pericardial inflammation. On the other hand, cardiac computed tomography is excellent tool to define pericardial thickness, pericardial calcification and is useful for preoperative planning once pericardiectomy is indicated especially in the patients with prior cardiac surgery.

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Emerging role of multimodality imaging in management of inflammatory pericardial diseases

Yingchoncharoen¹,

Alraies²,

Kwon³

et al. 2013

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

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“…More recent literature describes how cardiac imaging modalities can be helpful in making the diagnosis. On echocardiography, the most obvious initial signs are a pericardial effusion and also thickening of the pericardium, typically greater than 4 mm 4,6 . These can also be seen on CMR imaging 7 .…”

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“…Many cases described have been idiopathic 1–4 . When a specific cause is identified, there is often either history of upper trunk radiation therapy or recent cardiac surgery.…”

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A 63‐Year‐Old Woman with a Pericardial Effusion, Bilateral Pleural Effusions, and Ascites: Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of Its Parts?

Sparano¹,

Kohli²,

Gulati

2010

Echocardiography

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A 63-year-old female presented with dyspnea, leg edema, and abdominal distention. Exam revealed blood pressure of 104/58, pulse 108/min, jugular venous pressure of 8 cm, no pulsus paradoxus, a pericardial rub, muffled heart sounds, decreased basilar breath sounds, ascites, and ankle edema. Electrocardiogram showed low voltage. Imaging revealed thickened pericardium and a pericardial effusion. Hemodynamic tracings postpericardiocentesis revealed elevated right-sided pressures. The patient was diagnosed with effusive constrictive pericarditis. The case and review of this condition are described. Patients with a pericardial effusion and symptoms unresponsive to pericardiocentesis or with pericardial thickening should undergo evaluation for effusive-constrictive pericarditis.

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“…This comprehensive though somewhat lengthy definition of ECP thus combines the features of constrictive pericarditis with those of pericardial effusion; the former persist after the latter has been removed by draining of the effusion. A very few reports of ECP have appeared over the last few years 3–9 …”

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“…A very few reports of ECP have appeared over the last few years. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Previous reviews of ECP have not dealt fully with its diagnosis by various modern imaging techniques, some of which have become widely available only recently. We demonstrate such imaging in our present case.…”

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Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis: 2D, 3D Echocardiography and MRI Imaging

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The entity of effusive constrictive pericarditis (ECP) combines clinical and echocardiographic features of pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis. We describe a case of ECP, of probable tuberculous etiology, with typical hemodynamic findings of pericardial constriction, which persisted after the pericardial effusion was drained. Thickening of parietal and visceral pericardium was seen on 2D and 3D echo, and on MRI. Two important variations of ECP-due to tuberculous and to staphylococcal etiology, respectively-show some important differences that are relevant to management of therapy.

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Subacute effusive-constrictive pericarditis: Diagnosis by serial echocardiography

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Emerging role of multimodality imaging in management of inflammatory pericardial diseases

Emerging role of multimodality imaging in management of inflammatory pericardial diseases

A 63‐Year‐Old Woman with a Pericardial Effusion, Bilateral Pleural Effusions, and Ascites: Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of Its Parts?

Effusive Constrictive Pericarditis: 2D, 3D Echocardiography and MRI Imaging

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