Resting and exercise hemodynamics in constrictive pericarditis and a case of cardiac amyloidosis mimicking constriction.
The resting and exercise hemodynamics in seven patients with pericardial constriction and in one patient with cardiac amyloidosis are described. Equalization of left and right heart diastolic filling pressures was observed in all cases, both at rest and during exercise. This hemodynamic response, although typical, should not be considered pathognomonic of pericardial constriction.
D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005082:Physical Exertion