Key result
Chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion causes severe congestive heart failure and may precede constrictive pericarditis.
Why the study?
Chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion is an unusual condition causing severe congestive heart failure and may represent an early stage of constrictive pericarditis.
Population
A case of chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion and literature cases
Design
Case report and literature review
Authors
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May aid recognition of rare effusions in unexplained heart failure; leaves open progression risk and management without controlled data.
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James Scheuer (1960) studied this question. Chronic idiopathic pericardial effusion causes severe congestive heart failure and may represent an early stage in the development of constrictive pericarditis.
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