title: [Chronic constrictive pericarditis: new imaging features].
abstract: We report on a patient hospitalized in cardiology department to explore dyspnea and right ventricular failure evoking constrictive pericarditis. This case is of great interest to review conventional and new imaging features used for the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis versus restrictive cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, boulevard Saint-Anne, 83000 Toulon, France. fredogam@hotmail.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pons
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poyet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capilla
authors.forename: F-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Brocq
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerebel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jego
authors.forename: G-R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Cellarier
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome