Non-tuberculous constrictive pericarditis lacks many classic signs of tuberculous constriction, complicating its differentiation from restrictive cardiomyopathy and sometimes necessitating diagnostic thoracotomy.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Non-tuberculous constrictive pericarditis may present atypically without classic signs; case reports leave open reliable noninvasive differentiation from restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Ikram et al. (1974) studied this question.