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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.
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- Pericarditis, Constrictive
- Constrictive Pericarditides
- Pericarditides, Constrictive
- Pick Disease of Heart
- Pick's Disease of Heart
- Heart Pick's Disease
- Pick Disease, Heart
- Picks Disease, Heart
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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64; PICK'S DISEASE OF HEART was see under PERICARDITIS 1963
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Constrictive Pericarditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010494. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010494
- Constrictive Pericarditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrictive_pericarditis
- Constrictive Pericarditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3049292