New York, NY - Measurements of brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels are significantly higher in patients with heart failure (HF) due to restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCMP) than they are in those ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...

Since acute idiopathic/viral pericarditis is a common cause of transient CP, ST elevation and PR segment depression in all derivations except a VR and V 1, and diffuse T wave negativity may be ...

B-type natriuretic peptide is released by cardiac myocytes in response to wall stretch. There are many hemodynamic effects of BNP which are beneficial in the setting of decompensated congestive heart ...

A 71-year-old man with a history of a locally excised melanoma presented to his family physician with 2 years of progressive lower leg edema, ascites, weight loss, fatigue and dyspnea on exertion. His ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

A 76-year-old woman with a history of childhood tuberculosis was examined before admission to a tuberculosis sanatorium. Over the past 4–5 years, she had been experiencing peripheral edema and ...

Effusive–constrictive pericarditis is an uncommon pericardial syndrome characterized by concomitant tamponade, caused by tense pericardial effusion, and constriction, caused by the visceral ...

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare disorder that occurs when the thin sac that surrounds and protects the heart becomes stiff and thick, limiting the heart’s ability to pump blood. Symptoms may ...