Moderate pericardial constriction without typical right heart pressure abnormalities can cause protein-losing enteropathy and hypoproteinemic edema, which can be diagnosed by MRI and treated with pericardectomy.
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Suggests pericardectomy may resolve protein-losing enteropathy in moderate constriction; hypothesis-generating and needs prospective validation.
Müller et al. (1991) studied this question.
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