Constrictive pericarditis heart failure in a patient with atrial fibrillation: A diagnostic challenge

Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent cause of heart failure. Diagnosis is challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. Subtle echocardiographic findings, as the pericardial bounce, could be the clue to diagnosis. Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent cause of heart failure. Diagnos...

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Published inClinical case reports Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. e7166 - n/a
Main Authors Muñoz‐Rodríguez, Rebeca, Igareta‐Herraiz, Aída T., Izquierdo‐Gómez, María Manuela, Marí‐López, Belén, Duque‐González, María Amelia, Baeza‐Garzón, Flor, Barragán‐Acea, Antonio, Miranda‐Bacallado, Julio, Bosa‐Ojeda, Francisco, Lacalzada‐Almeida, Juan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2023
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Amyloidosis
atrial fibrillation
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
Case Report
Conflicts of interest
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constrictive pericarditis
Diagnostic tests
Dyspnea
echocardiography
Edema
Ejection fraction
Heart failure
Hemodynamics
Hypertension
Lymphoma
Pathology
Patients
Pericarditis
Pericardium
Pleural effusion
Respiration
Ultrasonic imaging
Velocity
constrictive pericarditis
atrial fibrillation
echocardiography
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Summary:Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent cause of heart failure. Diagnosis is challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. Subtle echocardiographic findings, as the pericardial bounce, could be the clue to diagnosis. Constrictive pericarditis is an infrequent cause of heart failure. Diagnosis is challenging and requires a high level of suspicion. Subtle echocardiographic findings, as the pericardial bounce, could be the clue to diagnosis.
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ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.7166