학술논문
Constrictive pericarditis following heart transplantation: Reality or fiction?
Document Type
Report
Author
Fadel BM; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Mahjoub H; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.; Salem EJ; Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.; Kazzi BE; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.; Echahidi N; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Mohty D; King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; Heart Center, Section of Adult Cardiology, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France.
Source
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8511187 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1540-8175 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 07422822 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Echocardiography Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a curable cause of diastolic heart failure with prior cardiac surgery being a recognizable etiology. We report a patient who developed CP one year following heart transplantation. Several clinical and imaging related factors may lead to diagnostic delays in similar patients, including the mistaken belief that transplanted hearts are devoid of pericardium and thus do not develop constriction. Post-transplantation pericardial effusion, mediastinitis, and cardiac rejection predispose to future CP. Caretakers should consider this entity in allograft recipients who develop heart failure symptoms of unclear etiology.
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