Interval imaging to guide treatment in constrictive pericarditis

Heart. 2021 May;107(10):781-782. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318723. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Authors

Mohammed Moharram¹, Gillian Whalley¹, Sean Coffey²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, HeartOtago, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Department of Medicine, HeartOtago, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand sean.coffey@otago.ac.nz.

PMID: 33568431
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318723

No abstract available

Keywords: MRI; constrictive; echocardiography; inflammation; pericarditis.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use*
Blood Sedimentation
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Colchicine / therapeutic use
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / therapy*
Prednisone / therapeutic use
Ventricular Function, Left*

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
C-Reactive Protein
Colchicine
Prednisone