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Case Report

Heart Failure in a Young Lady from Tibet

by
Magdalena Stepien
1,*,
Sonja Bertschy
2,
Xavier Mueller
3,
Alexander Schipf
4 and
Florim Cuculi
5
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
2
Infectious Diseases, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
3
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
4
Pathology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
5
Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cardiovasc. Med. 2015, 18(12), 355; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2015.00376
Submission received: 23 September 2015 / Revised: 23 October 2015 / Accepted: 23 November 2015 / Published: 23 December 2015
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Abstract

This article reports a case of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis in a young migrant from Tibet. In developed countries this is a rare cause of heart failure; however, in the era of globalisation it should be considered as a possible differential diagnosis, especially in patients coming from ende m ic areas. It also illustrates the importance of the chest X ray as an inexpensive and noninvasive method providing early diagnosis in affected patients.
Keywords: constrictive pericarditis; heart failure; tuberculosis; pericardiectomy constrictive pericarditis; heart failure; tuberculosis; pericardiectomy

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Stepien, M.; Bertschy, S.; Mueller, X.; Schipf, A.; Cuculi, F. Heart Failure in a Young Lady from Tibet. Cardiovasc. Med. 2015, 18, 355. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2015.00376

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Stepien M, Bertschy S, Mueller X, Schipf A, Cuculi F. Heart Failure in a Young Lady from Tibet. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2015; 18(12):355. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2015.00376

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Stepien, Magdalena, Sonja Bertschy, Xavier Mueller, Alexander Schipf, and Florim Cuculi. 2015. "Heart Failure in a Young Lady from Tibet" Cardiovascular Medicine 18, no. 12: 355. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2015.00376

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Stepien, M., Bertschy, S., Mueller, X., Schipf, A., & Cuculi, F. (2015). Heart Failure in a Young Lady from Tibet. Cardiovascular Medicine, 18(12), 355. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2015.00376

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