title: Low cardiac output in a case of constrictive pericarditis with protein-losing enteropathy.
abstract: A man in his late seventies was suffering from right-sided pleural effusion and worsening leg edema. He was diagnosed with a rare case of secondary protein-losing enteropathy caused by constrictive pericarditis (CP) using technetium 99m-labeled human serum albumin abdominal scintigraphy and comprehensive Doppler echocardiography. We herein report the importance of evaluating a low cardiac output in addition to established Doppler echocardiographic findings for making a diagnosis of CP coexistent with protein-losing enteropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Renal Medicine and Hypertension, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohte
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakami
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Genjiro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003287:Contrast Media; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D012709:Serum Albumin; C107869:technetium Tc 99m serum albumin