An unusual suspect for heart failure
Tan, C.; Patel, H.C.; Mariani, J.
Acute Medicine 19(1): 52-55
2020
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4892 PMID: 32226959 Document Number: 18140
Constrictive pericarditis though an uncommon diagnosis is a potentially reversible form of heart failure (with surgical pericardiectomy) and hence is imperative to diagnose. Diagnosis is dependent on a high index of clinical suspicion and further testing with appropriate cardiac investigations including cardiac imaging with invasive cardiac catheterisation as the gold standard.
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