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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Case Report: "Gourd-Shaped" Heart Strangled by Localized Annular Calcification of the Left Ventricle: A Rare Case of Constrictive Pericarditis.

Zhiyun Yang, Hui Wang, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Junming Zhu, Jianzeng Dong

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhiyun YangDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qiang LvDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xin DuDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Junming ZhuDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jianzeng DongDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Anzhen Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CN

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Abstract

We report a rare case of a 43-year-old woman with calcific annular constrictive pericarditis (CP) encircling the basal segment of the right ventricle and the mid-segment of the left ventricle (LV) lateral wall. Over time, localized calcification has caused LV to be tightly strangled and shaped like a gourd. However, multimodality imaging confirmed no significantly clinical constriction associated with decreased cardiac movement and function. Additionally, cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking confirmed the relatively preserved diastolic function and the characteristic "plateau" pattern of CP. The treatment strategy of this case is challenging and dialectical.

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cardiac magnetic resonance feature trackingconstrictive pericarditisheart failuremultimodality imagingpericardial calcification

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