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Abstract Constrictive Pericarditis (CP) is a form of diastolic heart failure that occurs when non-elastic pericardium prevents heart filling. CP should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained heart failure, especially in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Although previous cardiac surgery and radiation therapy are the most frequently observed risk factors for CP development, most cases are still considered idiopathic. Diagnosis can be difficult and often requires echocardiographic evaluation supported by cardiac imaging and hemodynamic catheterization. Complete surgical pericardiectomy is the only effective treatment for chronic CP. A subacute subset of patients with subacute inflammatory CP, usually diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, is able to respond to anti-inflammatory treatments.

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