title: [Constrictive pericarditis as a cause of circulatory failure in a pregnant woman].
abstract: A case is reported of severe circulatory failure in a pregnant woman caused by previously unrecognized constrictive pericarditis. The effect of haemodynamic changes characteristic of pregnancy on the manifestation of the disease end the importance of echocardiography as a diagnostic method of choice is stressed in cases of cardiac diseases in pregnancy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wojtarowicz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cwajda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczygielski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Zaciskajace zapalenie osierdzia jako przyczyna niewydolności krazenia u ciezarnej.