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The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis requires a high degree of clinical suspicion, for the signs and symptoms of this disease can be falsely attributed to other causes. Herein, we present A 67 year old woman, known case of breast cancer from 17 years ago, whose symptoms of right heart failure were initially attributed to cardio-toxicity due to chemotherapy.
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Alizadehasl, A. (2021). Constrictive Pericarditis. In: Maleki, M., Alizadehasl, A. (eds) Case-Based Clinical Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7496-7_3
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