A wonderful seminar on pericardial diseases from Mayo clinic !

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A wonderful seminar on pericardial diseases from Mayo clinic !

February 4, 2011 by dr s venkatesan

A must read for all clinical cardiologists and fellows . A comprehensive review on pericardial diseases.

It also highlights a new diagnostic parameter in cath lab to differentiate constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy .The area subtended by RV pressure curve and LV pressure curve moves discordantly in constrictive pericarditis while it moves concordantly in restrictive cardiomyopathy

Source : Mayo Clin Proc. 2010;85(6):572-593

Posted in Cardiology - Clinical, pericardial disease, Uncategorized | Tagged constrictive pericarditis, constrictive vs restrictive cardiomyopathy, mayo clinic reviewconstrictive pericarditis | Leave a Comment

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