Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis

Constrictive pericarditis is a potentially reversible cause of heart failure that may be difficult to differentiate from restrictive myocardial disease and severe tricuspid regurgitation. Echocardiography provides an important opportunity to evaluate for constrictive pericarditis, and definite diagnostic criteria are needed.Patients with surgically confirmed constrictive pericarditis (n=130) at Mayo Clinic (2008-2010) were compared with patients...