Treatment with ibuprofen, colchicine, and corticosteroids resulted in the resolution of pericardial enhancement, although pericardial thickening and constriction persisted, leading to successful pericardiectomy.
Multimodality imaging, particularly cardiac MRI, is valuable for diagnosing and guiding the management of effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
Multimodality imaging is used to diagnose a patient with prior acute pericarditis and demonstrated effusive-constrictive physiology characterized by pericardial thickening with effusion, pericardial enhancement consistent with active inflammation, and ventricular interdependence. These findings highlight the complementary role of cardiac magnetic resonance in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory constrictive pericardial disease.
Zeitoun et al. (Thu,) conducted a other in Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis (n=1). ibuprofen, colchicine, and corticosteroids was evaluated on Resolution of pericardial enhancement. Treatment with ibuprofen, colchicine, and corticosteroids resulted in the resolution of pericardial enhancement, although pericardial thickening and constriction persisted, leading to successful pericardiectomy.