"The report provides new information on the prevalence of effusive-constrictive pericarditis, its causation, clinical and hemodynamic features, natural history, and response to medical and surgical ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...

Pericardiectomy should not be considered for constrictive physiology that presents with relatively new-onset symptoms/signs. Empirical treatment of acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis 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 ...

White — Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 189. Churchill — Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard University. For record ...

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham has had surgery for a hardened heart. The notoriously anti-LGBTQ Christian preacher revealed in a statement Tuesday that he had undergone successful surgery for ...

BARCELONA -- Adding steroids to anti-tuberculosis treatment for patients with tuberculous pericarditis can reduce the risk of an important complication and the resulting hospital admissions, ...

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 ...

Recurrence is a serious complication of acute pericarditis. Recurrent pericarditis is a term used when a pericarditis patient relapses after discontinuation of treatment. It can also be described as a ...