This review discusses the physiologic basis of hemodynamic changes in constrictive pericarditis to aid in its differentiation from restrictive physiology during cardiac catheterization.
Cardiac catheterization and hemodynamic study is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pericardial constriction. Careful interpretation of the hemodynamic data is essential to differentiate it from other diseases with restrictive physiology. In this hemodynamic review we shall briefly discuss the physiologic basis of various hemodynamic changes seen in a patient with constrictive pericarditis.
Doshi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.