Key result
Catheterisation and Doppler echo detect pediatric constrictive physiology missed by cardiac MRI.
Why the study?
Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon disease in children and can coexist with restrictive cardiomyopathy, complicating diagnosis and management.
Case Report (n=2)
Careful diagnostic evaluation using catheterization and echocardiography is necessary to uncover constrictive pericarditis in children without a suggestive clinical background, as MRI may miss pericardial thickening.
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Alerts clinicians to potential MRI limitations in suspected pediatric constrictive pericarditis; leaves open optimal diagnostic strategies pending larger studies.
Ferreira et al. (2001) conducted a case report in Constrictive chronic pericarditis (n=2). Doppler echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation, and magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated on Haemodynamic features of constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cardiac catheterisation and Doppler echocardiography revealed constrictive physiology in two children with refractory ascites, despite normal magnetic resonance imaging.
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