Open AccessConstrictive pericarditis causing extrinsic mitral stenosis and a left heart mass
Author(s) -
Pai Ramdas G.,
Wong Sammy,
Tarazi Riyad
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960190615
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , constrictive pericarditis , pericarditis , stenosis , mitral valve stenosis
Constrictive pericarditis is a fibrotic process involving both layers of the pericardium and is known to give rise to obstruction to blood flow in the right heart. We report a patient with constrictive pericarditis who had echocardiographic features of mitral stenosis caused by a fibrocalcific mass lesion involving the mitral annulus with infiltration into the base of the posterior mitral leaflet. To our knowledge, this has not been reported in the literature.