[Pericardial constriction with predominant involvement of the left heart chambers].
Constrictive pericarditis is a common complication of purulent pericarditis and it can evolve to hemodynamic patterns different from the classical one. We report a patient that after purulent pericarditis, his clinical and hemodynamic features suggest isolated constriction of the left ventricle.
Calvo Iglesias
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Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
Galve Basilio
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Angel Ferrer
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Soler Soler
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D000368:Aged; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
Constricción pericárdica con repercusión predominante sobre cavidades cardíacas izquierdas.