Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities

Pericardial calcification is often found incidentally from imaging studies and may be a clue to constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis often mimics other causes of heart failure, pulmonary, or liver disease, making it hard to diagnose. Tuberculosis is the most common infectious aetiol...

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Main Authors: Sondang Jasmine Sitorus, Gede Rur Us Suryawan, Rosi Amrilla Fagi
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Language:English
Published: Pakistan Medical Association 2024-07-01
Series:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Online Access:https://jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/21458
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author Sondang Jasmine Sitorus
Gede Rur Us Suryawan
Rosi Amrilla Fagi
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description Pericardial calcification is often found incidentally from imaging studies and may be a clue to constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis often mimics other causes of heart failure, pulmonary, or liver disease, making it hard to diagnose. Tuberculosis is the most common infectious aetiology of Constrictive Pericarditis. Living in developing countries, such as Indonesia, should warn us of the possibility of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis as a differential diagnosis of unexplained heart failure. The presented case came with complaints of shortness of breath, especially on exertion for five years, which worsened in the last 6 months. The past history of pulmonary Tuberculosis with the Cardiac CT findings confirmed the diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis. Keywords: Pericarditis, Tuberculous, Heart Failure, Liver Diseases
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spelling doaj-art-abaa4127fe8b4e8ca7731bd518cb4bcf2025-08-20T03:40:06ZengPakistan Medical AssociationJournal of the Pakistan Medical Association0030-99822024-07-01746 (Supple)10.47391/JPMA.S6-ACSA-11Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalitiesSondang Jasmine Sitorus0Gede Rur Us Suryawan1Rosi Amrilla Fagi2Department of Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, IndonesiaDepartment of Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, IndonesiaDepartment of Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia Pericardial calcification is often found incidentally from imaging studies and may be a clue to constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis often mimics other causes of heart failure, pulmonary, or liver disease, making it hard to diagnose. Tuberculosis is the most common infectious aetiology of Constrictive Pericarditis. Living in developing countries, such as Indonesia, should warn us of the possibility of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis as a differential diagnosis of unexplained heart failure. The presented case came with complaints of shortness of breath, especially on exertion for five years, which worsened in the last 6 months. The past history of pulmonary Tuberculosis with the Cardiac CT findings confirmed the diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis. Keywords: Pericarditis, Tuberculous, Heart Failure, Liver Diseases https://jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/21458
spellingShingle Sondang Jasmine Sitorus
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Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
title Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
title_full Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
title_fullStr Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
title_full_unstemmed Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
title_short Calcific pericarditis strangling the heart, an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
title_sort calcific pericarditis strangling the heart an answer to unexplained heart failurediagnostic modalities
url https://jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/21458
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