Key result
Pericardiectomy restores clinical stability in a 55-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis and constrictive pericarditis.
Why the study?
Constrictive pericarditis is a challenging diagnosis characterized by pericardial rigidity and impaired diastolic filling, especially in patients with systemic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Case Report (n=1)
Constrictive pericarditis should be suspected in patients with systemic congestion, disproportionately low NT-proBNP, and normal first-level echocardiography, particularly with a history of systemic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
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Lattanzi et al. (2026) conducted a case report in Constrictive pericarditis (n=1). Pericardiectomy was evaluated on Clinical and laboratoristic stability. In a 55-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis and constrictive pericarditis, pericardiectomy resulted in clinical and laboratoristic stability.
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