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Fate of coronary arteries in Constrictive pericarditis

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

If you understand the pericardial anatomy fully, you can call yourself real master of clinical anatomy. Inflammatory pericarditis can occur in differential fashion. For example, the most common chronic pericarditis tuberculosis affects the fibrinous layer. Post MI pericarditis involves the epicardium. 2020.01.009.

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ECG Blog #448 — A Young Man with Chest Pain.

Ken Grauer, MD

Pericarditis is rare — but myocarditis is not , so especially in this age group — more information is needed to quickly determine if this could be an acute MI, myocarditis, or none of the above.

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Evaluation of JVP

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

To revise the anatomy lessons, this is the external jugular vein and this is the internal jugular vein. That occurs in right heart failure and constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis is an important cause for Kussmaul sign or inspiratory increase in jugular venous pressure.

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Inferior Subtle ST elevation: straight ST segment, but also no reciprocal ST depression in aVL: which is more important?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pericarditis? For coronary anatomy, see here: [link] This is the post intervention ECG: All ST Elevation is gone (more proof that it was all a result of ischemia) Formal Echo: Normal estimated left ventricular ejection fraction - 55%. Time zero What do you think? There is inferior ST elevation. Is it normal variant? It was stented.

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A teenager with chest pain, a troponin below the limit of detection, and "benign early repolarization"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pericarditis? These include coronary artery spasm ( as may occur from cocaine use or binge alcohol drinking ) — myocardial bridging ( that may be the cause of intermittent acute ischemia ) — aberrant anatomy of a coronary artery ( which may present with sudden rupture causing acute infarction or sudden death at any age! ).