Atypical Chest X-Ray Calcification in an Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis Case

Constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon cause of heart failure. It is a clinical entity caused by thickening, fibrosis, and/or calcification of the pericardium. We present a 50-year-old female patient who was admitted to our institution with a 6-month history of progressive dyspnea on exertion, abd...

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Main Authors: Coşkun, Uğur, Canbolat, İsmail Polat, Sinan, Ümit Yaşar, Bostan, Cem, Kılıçkesmez, Kadriye, Yıldız, Ahmet, Başkurt, Murat, Turhan Çağlar, Fatma Nihan, Hatemi, Alican, Yıldız, Cenk Eray, Cöhcen, Sadettin, Gürmen, Aziz Tevfik, Küçükoğlu, Mehmet Serdar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007743/