title: Calcific constrictive pericarditis in a patient presenting with right heart failure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Selçuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey. ilknur1973@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Ulkü
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kerimoğlu
authors.forename: Kurtuluş
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics