[Chronic constrictive pericarditis: new imaging features]. / Péricardite chronique constrictive: apport diagnostique des examens d'imagerie moderne. À propos d'un cas.

ABSTRACT

We report on a patient hospitalized in cardiology department to explore dyspnea and right ventricular failure evoking constrictive pericarditis. This case is of great interest to review conventional and new imaging features used for the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis versus restrictive cardiomyopathy.