RW Troughton, CR Asher, AL Klein - The Lancet, 2004 - Elsevier Pericarditis is a common disorder that has multiple causes and presents in
various primary-care and secondary-care settings. New diagnostic techniques have
improved the sampling and analysis of pericardial fluid and allow ... Cited by 97 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►ahajournals.org WC Little, GL Freeman - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc In contrast to coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular disease, and
other topics in the field of cardiology, there are few data from randomized
trials to guide physicians in the management of pericardial diseases. ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - All 4 versions
R Shabetai, 2003 - books.google.com Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine 232. A. Bayes de Luna, F. Furlanello, BJ
Maron and DP Zipes (eds.): Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Athletes. 2000 ISBN:
0-7923-6337-X 233. JC. Tardif and MG Bourassa (eds): Antioxidants and ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org SC Bertog, SK Thambidorai, K Parakh, P … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier We sought to determine the association of etiology of constrictive pericarditis
(CP), pericardial calcification (CA), and other clinical variables with
long-term survival after pericardiectomy. ... Constrictive pericarditis ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►bmj.com EW Hancock - British Medical Journal, 2001 - heart.bmj.com The differentiation of restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis
has been a perennial problem in clinical cardiology. Constrictive pericarditis
requires surgical treatment and is usually curable, while restrictive ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►miami.edu [PDF] JA Goldstein - Current Problems in Cardiology, 2004 - Elsevier The pericardium envelopes the cardiac chambers and under physiological
conditions exerts subtle functions, including mechanical effects that enhance
normal ventricular interactions that contribute to balancing left and right ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
JF Glockner - Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America, 2003 - Elsevier The pericardium is in some respects the forgotten organ of the mediastinum,
noticed only when affected by disease. A thin structure surrounding the heart,
the pericardium may act as a barrier to the spread of mediastinal ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Imazio, R Trinchero - Italian heart journal: official journal of the Italian …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Acute pericardial diseases are common disorders in several clinical settings.
The presentation may include acute pericarditis and its recurrences, incidental
pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, and occasionally constrictive ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - All 3 versions
JK Song - J Korean Med Sci, 2001 - jkms.org Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a rare disease entity char- acterized by
ambiguous clinical presentation of dyspnea, abdominal distension, and
generalized edema, which is not infrequently misdiagnosed as chronic liver ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 6 versions
K Yazdani, S Maraj, AM Amanullah - Reviews in cardiovascular medicine, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy are 2 forms of
diastolic dysfunction with similar presentation but different treatment options.
Whereas constrictive pericarditis has the potential of being cured with ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
