Key result
Pericardiectomy resulted in dramatic clinical improvement in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis diagnosed via classic hemodynamic criteria.
Case Report (n=1)
Classic hemodynamic criteria may be necessary to diagnose constrictive pericarditis when modern criteria based on ventricular interdependence are obscured by coexisting hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Classic hemodynamic criteria may be necessary to diagnose constrictive pericarditis in HCM; leaves open pericardiectomy benefit in this overlap.
Witt et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis (n=1). Pericardiectomy was evaluated on Clinical improvement. Pericardiectomy resulted in dramatic clinical improvement in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis diagnosed via classic hemodynamic criteria.
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