 Pericarditis, Constrictive
"Pericarditis, Constrictive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Inflammation of the PERICARDIUM that is characterized by the fibrous scarring and adhesion of both serous layers, the VISCERAL PERICARDIUM and the PARIETAL PERICARDIUM leading to the loss of pericardial cavity. The thickened pericardium severely restricts cardiac filling. Clinical signs include FATIGUE, muscle wasting, and WEIGHT LOSS.
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D010494
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.720.595
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| Concept/Terms |
Pericarditis, Constrictive- Pericarditis, Constrictive
- Constrictive Pericarditis
- Constrictive Pericarditides
- Pericarditides, Constrictive
Pick Disease of Heart- Pick Disease of Heart
- Pick's Disease of Heart
- Heart Pick's Disease
- Pick Disease, Heart
- Picks Disease, Heart
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pericarditis, Constrictive" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Pericarditis, Constrictive" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pericarditis, Constrictive" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Kaur J, Xu J, Alturkmani HJ, Al'Aref S, Dhar G. Severely Calcified Pericardium Causing Constrictive Pericarditis. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2023; 19(1):7-11.
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Birnbaum Y, Uretsky BF. How electrically silent is the pericardium? Heart. 2022 08 25; 108(18):1428-1429.
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