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Constrictive Pericarditis

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Constrictive pericarditis is a pericardial syndrome where the pericardium becomes relatively rigid and inelastic, may be thickened and calcified or not, and impairs mid to late diastolic filling. Constrictive pericarditis is the final pathway of several different diseases or causes, usually causing pericarditis and pericardial effusion and progressing towards pericardial fibrosis and calcification [1–3].

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Imazio, M. (2016). Constrictive Pericarditis. In: Myopericardial Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27156-9_15

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