作者: Delicia Inés , Gentille Lorente
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关键词: Chronic constrictive pericarditis 、 Good prognosis 、 Pathophysiology 、 Surgery 、 Pericardium 、 Disease 、 Pericardiectomy 、 Medicine 、 Fatal disease 、 Constrictive pericarditis
摘要: Summary Study of a case constrictive pericarditis The chronic (CP) is an uncommon, disabling and potentially fatal disease but whose diagnosis challenge for physicians. Diagnosis based on the existence hemodynamic compromise, pathophysiology constriction and, in most cases, thickened pericardium often also calcified. Echocardiography technique choice used initial evaluation patients with suspected pericardial disease, because, mainly, to determine many parameters those demonstrate pathophysiology. Pericardiectomy treatment CP persistent clinical, very good prognosis if performed early. We report man 72 years which, as happens, was reached after numerous visits examinations advanced stage disease.