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1: Congest Heart Fail. 2004 Nov-Dec;10(6):309-12.Click here to read Links

Is it constrictive pericarditis or restrictive cardiomyopathy? A systematic approach.

Morshedi-Meibodi A, Menuet R, McFadden M, Ventura HO, Mehra MR.

Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA.

In this case review, the authors propose a fluent diagnostic algorithm for the consideration and therapeutic approach to either constrictive pericarditis or restrictive cardiomyopathy. Additionally, while focusing on the differential diagnosis of these clinically vexing entities, the authors outline the therapeutic expectations from surgical pericardiectomy in constrictive pericarditis.

PMID: 15591846 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]