When deciding whether or not to create an arteriovenous vascular access in elderly CKD patients, physicians should consider the probability of CKD progression, the expected life expectancy and quality of life of the patient and the probability of success of an arteriovenous access creation.
Constrictive pericarditis is a clinical condition characterized by the appearance of signs and symptoms of right heart failure due to loss of pericardial compliance. Cardiac surgery is now one of the most frequent causes in developed countries, while tuberculosis remains the most prevalent cause in developing countries. Malignancy is a rare cause but usually has a poor prognosis. The diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis remains a clinical challenge and requires a combination of noninvasive diagnostic methods (echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance and computed tomography); in some cases, cardiac catheterization is needed to confirm the diagnosis. The authors present the case of a 51-year-old man, hospitalized due to cardiac tamponade. Diagnostic investigation was suggestive of tuberculous etiology. Despite directed medical therapy, the patient developed effusive-constrictive physiology. He underwent pericardiectomy and anatomopathologic study suggested a neoplastic etiology. The patient died in the postoperative period from biventricular failure. Pericardite efusiva-constritiva; Insuficiência cardíaca; Ecocardiografia;
Pericardite efusiva-constritiva como manifestação de um diagnóstico inesperadoResumo A pericardite constritiva é uma entidade clínica caracterizada pelo aparecimento de sinais e sintomas de insuficiência cardíaca direita, secundários à perda da compliance pericárdica. Atualmente, a cirurgia cardíaca tornou-se numa das etiologias mais frequentes nos países desenvolvidos, mantendo-se a tuberculose como a causa mais prevalente nos países em vias de desenvolvimento. As etiologias neoplásicas são mais raras e habitualmente de pior ଝ Please cite this article as: Marta L, Alves M, Peres M, et al. Pericardite efusiva-constritiva como manifestação de um diagnóstico inesperado. Rev Port Cardiol. 2014. http://dx.69.e2 L. Marta et al. Ressonância magnética cardíaca; Diagnóstico prognóstico. O diagnóstico desta entidade mantém-se um desafio clínico, sendo necessária a integração dos achados dos métodos de diagnóstico não invasivos (ecocardiografia, ressonância magnética e tomografia computorizada) e por vezes o recurso ao cateterismo cardíaco. Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de um homem de 51 anos de idade, internado por tamponamento cardíaco. A investigação etiológica foi sugestiva de etiologia tuberculosa, que apesar da terapêutica médica dirigida, evoluiu para fisiologia efusiva-constritiva. Foi submetido a pericardiectomia e o exame anátomo-patológico sugeriu etiologia neoplásica. O doente veio a falecer no pós-operatório em falência biventricular.
Cardiac surgery is almost universally performed through a median sternotomy, an approach which is painful, unestethical, and prone to life-threatening infections. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has tried to avoid problems associated with full sternotomy for many years. Recently, uniportal thoracic surgery was shown to be very advantageous when compared to standard thoracotomy and classical video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Despite very good results in lung surgery, cardiac surgery through a single thoracic port has rarely been attempted and successfully conducted. The authors present the rational, the technique, and their experience in cardiac single thoracic port surgery (CSTPS).
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