Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disorder that occurs when the thin sac that surrounds and protects the heart becomes stiff and thick, limiting the heart’s ability to pump blood. Symptoms may ...

Common causes of constrictive pericarditis include prior heart surgery, a history of radiation therapy, infections such as tuberculosis, chest injury, and other possible factors. Constrictive ...

The most-common aetiologies of constrictive pericarditis in developed countries are cardiac surgery and idiopathic pericarditis, whereas in developing countries with high tuberculosis prevalence, ...

If pericarditis persists for more than three months, then it is called chronic pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis (CP) (hardness of the pericardium tissue through scarring) and chronic effusive ...

The inflammation or infection that occurs in the pericardium is called pericarditis. Inflammation of the pericardial layers ensues when the membrane gets thickened and the layers rub against each ...

A 76-year-old woman with a history of childhood tuberculosis was examined before admission to a tuberculosis sanatorium. Over the past 4–5 years, she had been experiencing peripheral edema and ...

In the past five years 10 cases have been reported in which hypoalbuminemia due to excessive protein loss from the gut has been associated with constrictive pericarditis. 5–11 Recently, we observed ...

Although allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be curative for various hematological disorders, it continues to be associated with a significant incidence of treatment-related ...

Constrictive pericarditis is long-term, or chronic, inflammation of the pericardium. The pericardium is the sac-like membrane that surrounds the heart. Inflammation in this part of the heart causes ...

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon form of heart failure in which the pericardium — the sac of tissue surrounding the heart — becomes stiff and prevents the heart from filling and pumping blood ...