title: [Constrictive pericarditis].
abstract: Etiology of constrictive pericarditis is diversified. In recent years the role of viral and iatrogenic factors (X-ray therapy, cardiac surgery) has increased. Clinical manifestations, including subjective complaints, resemble those in congestive heart failure although the mechanism of hemodynamic disorders is different--namely impairment of ventricular filling and diastolic performance. One encounters major difficulties while differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy. In some patients conservative treatment is effective, in a majority of them surgical operation, pericardiectomy is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: I Kliniki Kardiologii Akademii Medycznej im. M. Kopernika, Krakowie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grodecki
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dubiel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Zaciskajace zapalenie osierdzia.