Key result
Pericardiectomy resolves progressive right heart failure from localized constrictive pericarditis in a 21-year-old man.
Why the study?
Localized pericardium restriction is a rare disease with atypical manifestations that can be unrecognized even after extensive diagnostic evaluation.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the importance of considering localized constrictive pericarditis in patients with unexplained right heart failure and disproportionate myocardial dysfunction.
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May support pericardiectomy for localized constrictive pericarditis causing right heart failure; hypothesis-generating, larger studies needed before practice change.
Hu et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Localized constrictive pericarditis (n=1). Pericardiectomy was evaluated on Recovery of physical activity. Pericardiectomy successfully treated a 21-year-old man with progressive right heart failure caused by localized constrictive pericarditis, allowing him to resume ordinary physical activity.
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