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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Pericarditis > Pericarditis, Constrictive

Preferred term

Pericarditis, Constrictive  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Constrictive Pericarditides
  • Constrictive Pericarditis
  • Pericarditides, Constrictive

Scope note

  • Inflammation of the PERICARDIUM that is characterized by the fibrous scarring and adhesion of both serous layers, the VISCERAL PERICARDIUM and the PARIETAL PERICARDIUM leading to the loss of pericardial cavity. The thickened pericardium severely restricts cardiac filling. Clinical signs include FATIGUE, muscle wasting, and WEIGHT LOSS.

History note

  • 64; PICK'S DISEASE OF HEART was see under PERICARDITIS 1963

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010494

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