Open AccessCalcific Pericarditis
Author(s) -
Ben Wilson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
canadian journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2369-1778
pISSN - 1911-1606
DOI - 10.22374/cjgim.v7i4.121
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , peripheral edema , cardiology , emergency department , constrictive pericarditis , digoxin , physical examination , heart failure , adverse effect , psychiatry
An 84-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with progressive shortness of breath, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, and fatigue. She had a past history of atrial fibrillation and was taking digoxin. Clinical examination revealed normal vital signs, 6 cm of jugular venous distension with Kussmaul’s sign, a pericardial knock, and pedal edema.