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  • Title: [Constrictive pericarditis].
    Author: Grodecki J, Dubiel JP, Sadowski J.
    Journal: Folia Med Cracov; 1991; 32(1-2):23-31. PubMed ID: 1843697.
    Abstract:
    Etiology of constrictive pericarditis is diversified. In recent years the role of viral and iatrogenic factors (X-ray therapy, cardiac surgery) has increased. Clinical manifestations, including subjective complaints, resemble those in congestive heart failure although the mechanism of hemodynamic disorders is different--namely impairment of ventricular filling and diastolic performance. One encounters major difficulties while differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy. In some patients conservative treatment is effective, in a majority of them surgical operation, pericardiectomy is the treatment of choice.
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