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Total pericardiectomy successfully reversed cardiac cirrhosis and refractory ascites in a patient with constrictive pericarditis, leading to asymptomatic status and normalized liver profile at three months.
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This case highlights that constrictive pericarditis is a rare but reversible cause of cardiac cirrhosis, and multimodal imaging is essential for its accurate diagnosis.
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May prompt pericardial evaluation in refractory ascites with unknown cirrhosis; hypothesis-generating case leaves prospective validation open.
Benites‐Yshpilco et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Constrictive pericarditis and cardiac cirrhosis (n=1). Total pericardiectomy was evaluated on Clinical recovery and normalization of liver profile. Total pericardiectomy successfully reversed cardiac cirrhosis and refractory ascites in a patient with constrictive pericarditis, leading to asymptomatic status and normalized liver profile at three months.
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