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Hourglass‐shaped right ventricle and localized constrictive pericarditis
Author(s) -
Karakus Alper,
Ari Hasan,
Camci Sencer,
Ari Selma,
Tutuncu Ahmet,
Melek Mehmet
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13424
Subject(s) - constrictive pericarditis , medicine , ventricle , cardiology , pericarditis , calcification , acute pericarditis , radiology , restrictive cardiomyopathy , multislice computed tomography , computed tomography , heart failure , cardiomyopathy
Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by thick pericardial fibrosis and frequent calcification that progressively impairs diastolic filling of the heart. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis has been challenging even though multiple diagnostic modalities have been developed. The diagnosis of constructive pericarditis is especially difficult in localized constrictive pericarditis which is extremely rare. We report a case of localized constrictive pericarditis with a 3D multislice cardiac computed tomography ( CT ) finding of the constrictive band causing strangulation and hourglass shaping of the right ventricle.