Constrictive pericarditis – New methods in the diagnosis of an old disease: A case report

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare clinical entity that can pose diagnostic problems. The gold standard for diagnosis is cardiac catheterization with analysis of intracavitary pressure curves, which are high and, in end-diastole, equal in all chambers. The diastolic profile in both ventricles prese...

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Main Authors: Doroteia Silva, Luís Sargento, Manuel Gato Varela, M.G. Lopes, Dulce Brito, Hugo Madeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204912001341