Echocardiographic findings in constrictive pericarditis. A case report.
The echocardiographic findings in a 73-year-old woman with constrictive calcified pericarditis are presented. The diagnosis was confirmed by physical examination, chest X-rays and cardiac catheterization. The echocardiogram demonstrated abnormal motion of the interventricular septum and of the left ventricular posterior wall, multiple thickened echoes of the posterior pericardium, and a localized dense band of anterior pericardial echoes, which corresponded to the calcification seen on the chest X-ray.
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology