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ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis Associated With Parvovirus B19 Infection.

Sebastian Hasslacher, Christopher Naoum, Malcolm Anastasius, Dianna Hanzek, Thomas Yeoh, Leonard Kritharides, John Yiannikas

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Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sebastian HasslacherDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: s_hasslacher@gmx.net.
Christopher NaoumDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Malcolm AnastasiusDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Dianna HanzekCentral Sydney Heart, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Thomas YeohDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
Leonard KritharidesDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
John YiannikasDepartment of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation and General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, New South Wales, Australia; University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parvovirus B19, pathogen of children's fifths disease, is among the causes of viral/idiopathic pericarditis. This paper presents 3 adult cases of complicated effusive-constrictive parvovirus B19 pericarditis presenting with overt diastolic heart failure during an outbreak in September to October 2023. Comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance played a key role in noninvasive assessment of constrictive physiology and pericardial inflammation, guiding successful treatment with low-dose prednisolone, having failed standard colchicine and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

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CMRconstrictionechocardiographyparvovirus B19pericarditis

Identifiers

PMID40118622
PMCPMC12011158

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