[Diagnosis and effective surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis]

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare and severe disease. Timely and correct differential diagnosis of this pathology facilitates choice of necessary tactics of treatment and thus improve prognosis and quality of life. In this paper we present clinical case report of a patient with constrictive pericarditis. The disease was diagnosed on the basis of clinical picture, data of X-ray and echocardiographic investigation, and confirmed by multispiral computed tomography (MSCT). The patient was subjected to pericardioectomy with positive clinical effect and results of repeated echocardiography and MSCT.