Atypical Chest X-Ray Calcification in an Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis Case

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon cause of heart failure. It is a clinical entity caused by thickening, fibrosis, and/or calcification of the pericardium. We present a 50-year-old female patient who was admitted to our institution with a 6-month history of progressive dyspnea on exertion, abd...

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Main Authors: Uğur Coşkun, İsmail Polat Canbolat, Ümit Yaşar Sinan, Cem Bostan, Kadriye Kılıçkesmez, Ahmet Yıldız, Murat Başkurt, Fatma Nihan Turhan Çağlar, Alican Hatemi, Cenk Eray Yıldız, Sadettin Cöhcen, Aziz Tevfik Gürmen, Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/609610
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