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Protein-losing enteropathy in association with constrictive pericarditis

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Although acute pericarditis is a common and usual benign disorder, sometimes evolution to constrictive pericarditis may occur. We present a case of constrictive pericarditis late after coronary bypass grafting, complicated by right sided heart failure. Edema formation was aggravated due to protein-losing enteropathy, resulting in hypoalbuminemia. Imaging of constrictive pericarditis was done by ultrasound as well as simultaneous pressure recording of the right and left ventricle. Imaging of intestinal protein loss was possible using intravenous Technetium-99m-labelled human serum albumin.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Björn K. I. Meijers, Simon Schalla, Filip Eerens,  Bernard Broers, Emile M. Cheriex & Jan-P. Smedema

  2. Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Robert-J. Van Suylen

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Björn K. I. Meijers

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Heerestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Björn K. I. Meijers

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Meijers, B.K.I., Schalla, S., Eerens, F. et al. Protein-losing enteropathy in association with constrictive pericarditis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 22, 389–392 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-005-9067-2

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