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Ring-shaped calcific constrictive pericarditis strangling the heart: a case report

Authors: Mu Sook Lee, Joon Hyouk Choi, Young Uck Kim, Su Wan Kim

Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine | Issue 1/2014

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Constrictive pericarditis is caused by fibrosis and calcification of the pericardium, processes that inhibit diastolic filling of the heart. For the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, a combined approach is used to evaluate the morphologic pericardial abnormalities in conjunction with assessment of the functional and hemodynamic changes. We report novel findings of chest computed tomography (CT) and chest roentgenogram with respect to a ring-shaped pericardial calcification on atrioventricular groove causing strangulation of the heart in the patient with constrictive pericarditis, which is anatomically rarer than other severe cases of constrictive pericarditis encasing the entire heart.

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Title: Ring-shaped calcific constrictive pericarditis strangling the heart: a case report
Authors: Mu Sook Lee
Joon Hyouk Choi
Young Uck Kim
Su Wan Kim
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1865-1372
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-014-0040-5

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