Pericardial calcification: Don’t rush! The importance of invasive hemodynamic assessment

To the Editor, Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is cause for diastolic heart failure due to the presence of a non-distensible pericardium. Diagnostic suspicion is key here because, even though it is a potentially curable condition, if untreated, its morbimortality rate is high.1 Its differential diagn...

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Main Authors: Juan Ruiz-García, Irene Canal-Fontcuberta, Atenea Rodríguez-Salgado, David Sánchez-Roncero, Paloma Ávila-Barahona, Eduardo Alegría-Barrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2019-05-01
Series:REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)
Online Access:https://recintervcardiol.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144