Why the study?
Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disease with poorly understood epidemiology, prompting an assessment of its region- and period-specific traits.
The etiology and demographics of constrictive pericarditis vary significantly by geographic region, with tuberculosis and HIV prominent in Africa and Asia, and prior chest surgery prominent in North America and Europe.
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Supports region-specific etiology consideration in constrictive pericarditis; extends global patterns with quantified HIV prevalence in Africa.
Kosmopoulos et al. (2023) studied this question.
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