Heart in the ‘jaws’ of a constrictor, unusual cause of subacute right heart failure

Abstract Background Constrictive Pericarditis(CP) can be viewed as a constellation of syndromes resulting from compression of the heart, etiologies, course and types are well discussed in other reports. However, localized CP as a cause of right heart failure is rare, and presentation with interposed...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey Joseph Changwe, Zhang Wenlong, Haizhou Zhang, Chengwei Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0916-9