Overcoming diagnostic challenges in constrictive pericarditis: why volume is important?
A 65-year-old male with chronic liver disease and refractory ascites was being evaluated for liver transplant, when constrictive pericarditis (CP) was suspected. Initial diagnostics were inconclusive due to overdiuresis. After suspension of diuretics, cardiac magnetic resonance confirmed CP, leading to successful pericardiectomy and normalization of liver function, emphasizing volume status and multimodality imaging role in CP diagnosis.
Authors
- Ana Galrinho
- Francisco Albuquerque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-4847)
- Sílvia Aguiar Rosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8812-2330)
- Boban Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7263-393X)
- I Cardoso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-5791)
- V Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8957-9279)
- Filipe Sousa Cardoso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6221-6435)
- B Lacerda Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0527-2681)
- António José Fiarresga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1912-4989)
- Filipa Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-4176)
Institutions
- University Hospital Kerry (IE)
- Hospital Curry Cabral (PT)
- Hospital de Santa Marta (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Published
- 2024-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-024-03235-3
- Primary Topic
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa