European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 11, 2005
European Heart Journal 2006 27(3):275; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi530
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Three-dimensional visualization of severe pericardial calcification in constrictive pericarditis using multidetector-row computed tomography
Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: johannes.v.erffa@med2.med.uni-erlangen.de
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A 73-year-old male patient was admitted due to progressive dyspnoea on exertion during the last 6 months. Chest pain or syncope was not reported.
On admission, blood pressure was 100/60 mmHg. Heart sounds were low without pericardial friction