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Revista Colombiana de Cardiología

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BUITRAGO, Andrés F et al. Hemodynamic diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis: case report and literature review. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.6, pp.397-402. ISSN 0120-5633.

Constrictive pericarditis is a clinical entity that can be sometimes a diagnostic challenge. Given that the clinical presentation is usually that of a right heart failure, it is necessary to make a differential diagnosis with other entities that can cause a similar clinical picture. Proper diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis implies a high clinical suspicion with a correct interpretation of diagnostic aids. The aim of this article is to approach the hemodynamic diagnosis of this entity describing the conventional parameters and those affected by respiratory dynamics, which have higher sensitivity and specificity for this diagnosis.

Keywords : pericarditis; diagnosis; hemodynamics.

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