Abstract

POSADA, Andrés Felipe; AGUIRRE, Hernán Darío; DUQUE, Juan José  and  GIL ALDANA, Victor. Idiopathic calcific chronic constrictive pericarditis (concretio cordis). CES Med. [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.2, pp.217-224. ISSN 0120-8705.

Abstract Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon condition resulting from loss of normal elasticity pericardial sac and consequent healing. Although a large percentage of cases are diagnosed as idiopathic. That pathology comprises various etiologies. Its manifestations are usually chronic, but variants include subacute and transient constriction. We present the case of a male patient of 53 years who presented functional class deterioration manifested by dyspnea, pericardial rub and radiological findings confirming pericardial calcification requiring total pericardiectomy.

Keywords : Constrictive pericarditis; Concretio cordis; Total pericardiectomy.

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