Severely calcified pericardium: The crown of thorns
| Autor: | Anxo Martinez de Alegria, Juan Sierra-Quiroga, Jose Rubio-Alvarez, José Manuel Martínez-Comendador |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult medicine.medical_treatment Diaphragmatic breathing Severity of Illness Index Diagnosis Differential Imaging Three-Dimensional medicine Pericardium Humans medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Crown of Thorns Calcinosis Anatomy medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Median sternotomy Great arteries Echocardiography Heart failure Pericardiectomy Surgery Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Chest radiograph business Cardiomyopathies Tomography X-Ray Computed Calcification Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS) |
| Popis: | A40-year-old woman was admitted for heart failure. Echocardiography revealed a thickened and calified pericardium. A chest radiograph showed periardial calcification (Fig 1A). She did not report any pidemiology or contact with tuberculosis. The patient nderwent surgery through a median sternotomy. At urgery, a large quantity of calcium was observed in he pericardium, mostly in the diaphragmatic surface, trioventricular grooves, and great arteries, but only |
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