Pericardiectomy in “napkin-ring” constrictive pericarditis: Multimodality approach
A 55-year-old man, hypertensive smoker with alcohol dependence syndrome was admitted to the Department of Cardiology with symptoms of New York Heart Association class III (periodically IV) heart failure.Admission electrocardiogram revealed atrial fibrillation with QRS frequency of 120-140/min, negative T waves in leads II, III and aVF.In laboratory tests, troponins were not elevated, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide 769 pg/ml.
Authors
- Barbara Zając
- Paulina Wejner‐Mik
- Magdalena Pawlak
- Daniel Steter
- Grzegorz Religa
- Piotr Lipiec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5959-2109)
- Ewa Szymczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-6334)
- Jarosław D. Kasprzak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5850-8187)
- Karol Gołębiewski
Institutions
- Aja University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Medical University of Lodz (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kardiologia Polska
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.105635
- Primary Topic
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00