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🧵 1/9 Thread on constrictive pericarditis. Syncing pathophysio, imaging & hemodynamics to macroscopic findings. @AvrahamCooperMD #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter #echofirst #HeartFailure @YoungDgk @Kardiophil @fuzzymittens @CardioNerds @kardiologie_org @DjawidHashemi @KardiologieHH
2/9 Being a fibroelastic sac the pericardium covers & protects the #heart
In constrictive pericarditis:
1️⃣healing of acute pericarditis
2️⃣granulation tissue
3️⃣obliteration of pericardial cavity
4️⃣loss of pericardial elasticity
5️⃣restriction in ventricular filling
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In constrictive pericarditis:
1️⃣healing of acute pericarditis
2️⃣granulation tissue
3️⃣obliteration of pericardial cavity
4️⃣loss of pericardial elasticity
5️⃣restriction in ventricular filling
#CardioTwitter
3/9
Correspondingly #cardiacimaging with #cardiacMRI in T1 mapping shows ⬆️ extracellular volume in myocardium, suggestive of global myocardial fibrosis, as shown by doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jc…
Correspondingly #cardiacimaging with #cardiacMRI in T1 mapping shows ⬆️ extracellular volume in myocardium, suggestive of global myocardial fibrosis, as shown by doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jc…
