Cor Vasa 2023, 65(5):757-762 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2023.056

(Patient with a rare tuberculous form of constrictive pericarditis)

Jozef Dodulík^a, Radovan Jursa^b, Jiří Plášek^{a, c}, Lenka Dodulíková^a, Pavel Kukla^a, Vladimír Židlík^d, Jan Václavík^{a, c}

^a Interní a kardiologická klinika, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava

^b Kardiochirurgické centrum, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava

^c Centrum pro výzkum interních a kardiovaskulárních onemocnění, Lékařská fakulta, Ostravská univerzita, Ostrava

^d Ústav klinické a molekulární patologie a lékařské genetiky - Oddělení klinické a molekulární patologie, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava

Pericarditis is a relatively rare heart disease. In our conditions, the most common etiological agent is viruses. Rarer agents include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, more typical in developing countries. Complications are not frequent, but the most common complications of pericarditis include the formation of an effusion, the development of cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis or the development of myopericarditis. We present the case of a 52-year-old patient indicated for total pericardectomy for tuberculous constrictive pericarditis.

Keywords: Cardiac tamponade, Constrictive pericarditis, Tuberculosis,

Received: April 23, 2023; Revised: April 23, 2023; Accepted: June 30, 2023; Published: October 15, 2023  Show citation