Why the study?
The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis is challenging, and standard echocardiographic diagnostic criteria are lacking.
Echocardiography provides valuable diagnostic features for constrictive pericarditis, including pericardial thickening, atrial enlargement, and restrictive filling patterns.
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Proposed CP echo criteria are hypothesis-generating from a small cohort; prospective validation is needed before clinical use.
Li et al. (2022) studied this question.
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