A rationalisation of the 1350 boxes used throughout the book gives a simpler and clearer presentation of the various categories. [books.google.com]

Case Report: Herein we are reporting an unusual case of a man who had chest wall trauma in childhood and presented to our hospital at age of 35 years with ascites, easy fatigability and lightheadedness. [ecommons.aku.edu]

[…] ventricular aneurysm, left atrial calcification, or calcification outside the heart This can usually be accomplished by the locations of these calcifications on multiple views, or the radiographic appearance of the calcium Constrictive Pericarditis Present [learningradiology.com]

Findings A 51 year-old man with a history of presumed alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with anasarca. [intjem.springeropen.com]

We present a patient with typical severe extensive myopericardial calcifications visualized by 3-D multidetector CT who was successfully treated by pericardiectomy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Gaucher Disease

  A 58-year-old man had Gaucher's disease and suffered from hypersplenism, cirrhosis of the liver, and free-floating calcifications in the pericardial space. The literature of the pericardial involvement in Gaucher's disease is reviewed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Neglect

  The diagnosis of CP is often neglected by admitting physicians, who usually attribute the symptoms to another disease process [ 1 ]. [intjem.springeropen.com]

Routine baseline workups including hemogram, blood sugars, liver and kidney function, chest X-ray, electrocardiography, electroencephalography were normal. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was normal. [annalspc.com]

Pericardiectomy is the definitive treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Medical therapy is to decrease the symptoms of heart failure, but pericardiotomy and pericardial stripping is the main stay of treatment to relieve the constriction. [ecommons.aku.edu]

Moreover, treatments with heparin or sulphonated poly(ethylene oxide) following glutaraldehyde pre-treatment have been proposed ( Lee et al., 2000, 2001 ). [intechopen.com]

Treatment of pericardial effusion depends on the extent of symptoms, and the etiology underlying the effusion. [textbookofcardiology.org]

Without surgical treatment, biventricular failure develops. [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

As this is a rare disease, the data regarding prognosis of the disease is relatively scanty. The degree of pericardial calcification has shown no effect on survival. [ecommons.aku.edu]

Prognosis of the disease is excellent, as severe complications are rare. [textbookofcardiology.org]

Prognosis is strongly linked to the underlying cause but long-term survival is more likely with surgery and the best results are achieved if surgery is offered early. [patient.info]

1471-2261-12-28 © Cypierre et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012 Received: 12 December 2011 Accepted: 25 April 2012 Published: 25 April 2012 Abstract Background Cardiac tamponade is a rare but severe complication of pericardial effusion with a poor prognosis [bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com]

The prognosis of viral pericarditis is generally good, with a self-limited course, and if uncomplicated, patients may be treated on an outpatient basis. [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

Histologic examination of the pericardial tissue removed at operation revealed a tuberculous etiology. Though unusual in the pediatric age group, constrictive pericarditis (CP) may occur in children, most often as a complication of tuberculosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Agreement can be reached regarding etiology only in the statement that "calcification occurs as a secondary degenerative change complicating chronic inflammation of the pericardium." 1 In the majority of cases, by the time bacteriologic and pathologic [annals.org]

The etiology of cardiac tamponade reflects various conditions that cause pericardial effusions, trauma or the rupture of the heart [ 3 ]. [bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com]

Etiology uremia previous trauma or prior pericarditis later sequelae of rheumatic heart disease malignant pericardial involvement (e.g. mediastinal teratoma) On chest radiography, the location of the calcifications can help differentiate pericardial calcifications [radiopaedia.org]

Other tests are performed based on clinical suspicion of a specific etiology or to exclude certain etiologies. [brown.edu]

"As the epidemiological studies do not give clues on the important mechanisms underlying RIHD, it is difficult to design preventive strategies. [auntminnieeurope.com]

Although a direct causal relationship cannot be established between leprosy and pericardial calcification, the well known condition of cardiac amyloid, a complication of leprosy might have contributed in the pathophysiology of the development of pericardial [popline.org]

[ edit ] The pathophysiological characteristics of constrictive pericarditis are due to a thickened, fibrotic pericardium that forms a non-compliant shell around the heart. [en.wikipedia.org]

The pathophysiology remains poorly understood, but radiation "might harm virtually all cardiac tissues and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms may be related to micro- and macrovascular damages," they explained. [auntminnieeurope.com]

Pathophysiology and Classification Depending on the underlying cause, the acute inflammatory response in pericarditis may produce serous fluid, pus, or dense fibrinous material. [aafp.org]

Pathophysiology The initiating event results in a chronic inflammatory pericardial process, resulting in fibrinous scarring and occasionally calcification of the pericardium ( Figure 10 ). [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

Rapidly find the answers you need with separate sections on diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory results, and clinical preventive services, plus an at-a-glance format that uses cross-references, outlines, bullets [books.google.com]

The pericardium contains about 50 cc of fluid that lubricates the heart during its normal pumping movements and prevents friction between the heart and the pericardium lining. [my.clevelandclinic.org]

Both methods blockside effects of GA residues and thus prevent calcification of the pericardium. [intechopen.com]

The normal pericardium, by exerting a restraining force, prevents sudden dilation of the cardiac chambers, especially the right atrium and ventricle, during exercise and with hypervolemia. [accessmedicine.mhmedical.com]