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Induction of Right Ventricular Failure by Pulmonary Artery Constriction and Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function in Mice
Published on: May 13, 2019
[Constrictive pericarditis as complication of viral respiratory infection]
Szymon Darocha1, Anna Paczek, Liliana Wawrzyńska
1Klinika Krążenia Płucnego i Chorób Zakrzepowo-Zatorowych CMKP, ECZ - Otwock. zymon.darocha@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 24 year-old man with 3-months medical history of recurrent respiratory infections and pericardial effusion, despite treatment with nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs, was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea on exertion. On admission he presented the symptoms of right heart insufficiency. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated a thickened pericardium. Echocardiographic examination and right heart catheterisation established the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis. Serologic tests suggested viral aetiology. The patient was referred to cardiothoracic surgery, partial pericardiectomy was performed with marked haemodynamic improvement.
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