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Heart Failure by a Calcific Pericardial Ring -A case report -  

Hong Seong-Beom (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University)
Ahn Byung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University)
Ryu Sang-Wan (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University)
Jung In-Suk (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University)
Kim Sang-Hyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.38, no.9, 2005 , pp. 648-651 More about this Journal
Abstract
Calcific constrictive pericarditis is considered to be a nonspecific response to chronic inflammation. This disease has become rare, because the cause of it is usually tuberculosis, which has the tendency to decrease. Other possible causes of it include radiation, rheumatoid disorders, sarcoidosis, and trauma. Whatever the etiology, it can lead to cardiac tamponade by reducing cardiac diastolic filling. We report, herein, the case of a patient with heart failure by a calcific pericardial ring.
Keywords
Constrictive pericarditis; Heart failure; Calcification;
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