title: [Constrictive pericarditis as complication of viral respiratory infection].
abstract: A 24 year-old man with 3-months medical history of recurrent respiratory infections and pericardial effusion, despite treatment  with nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs, was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea on exertion. On admission he  presented the symptoms of right heart insufficiency. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated a thickened pericardium.  Echocardiographic examination and right heart catheterisation established the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis.  Serologic tests suggested viral aetiology. The patient was referred to cardiothoracic surgery, partial pericardiectomy was  performed with marked haemodynamic improvement.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Krążenia Płucnego i Chorób Zakrzepowo-Zatorowych CMKP, ECZ - Otwock. zymon.darocha@gmail.com
authors.forename: Szymon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Darocha
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paczek
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wawrzyńska
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szturmowicz
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kober
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurzyna
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oniszh
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langfort
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Litwiński
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torbicki
mesh_terms: D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult