Calcific constrictive pericarditis in a patient presenting with right heart failure.
A 45-year-old man presented with gradual dyspnea, abdominal distension, and pedal edema of six-month history. A lateral chest x-ray demonstrated severe, dense calcification of the pericardium. Two-dimensional and pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography demonstrated signs of constrictive pericarditis. Chest computed tomography showed diffuse, incomplete calcification of the pericardium and a dilated superior vena cava. The patient refused pericardiectomy, so medical treatment was instituted.
Can
Ilknur
I
Department of Cardiology, Selçuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey. ilknur1973@gmail.com
Kerimoğlu
Ulkü
U
Ozdemir
Kurtuluş
K
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004232:Diuretics