Importance of Clinical and Laboratory Findings in the Diagnosis and Surgical Prognosis of Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis
Why the study?
What are the clinical characteristics, diagnostic sensitivities of imaging modalities, and mortality predictors in patients with constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy?
Population
84 patients with surgically confirmed constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy, mean age 44 ±…
Design
Cohort
Authors
Discussion
Loading...
Member takes
Implication
In patients with constrictive pericarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging offers superior diagnostic sensitivity compared to echocardiography, and specific clinical and laboratory markers predict surgical mortality.
Structured PICO
What are the clinical characteristics, diagnostic sensitivities of imaging modalities, and mortality predictors in patients with constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy?
P
Population
84 patients with surgically confirmed constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy, mean age 44 ± 17.9 years, 67% male, in Brazil.
I
Intervention
Diagnostic evaluation with transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, followed by pericardiectomy.
O
Outcome
Diagnostic sensitivity of imaging tests and mortality predictors.hard clinical
In patients with constrictive pericarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging offers superior diagnostic sensitivity compared to echocardiography, and specific clinical and laboratory markers predict surgical mortality.
Cite This Study
Fernandes et al. (2017) studied this question.