Ascites Due to Constrictive Pericardial Disease Not Appreciated on Echocardiogram: A Report of Three Cases

Dig Dis Sci. 2018 Mar;63(3):797-802. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-4920-z. Epub 2018 Jan 18.

Authors

Steven-Huy B Han^{1

2}, Celia Yau³, Eva E Chin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pfleger Liver Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 214, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. steven.han@ucla.edu.
² VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA. steven.han@ucla.edu.
³ Pfleger Liver Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 214, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
⁴ VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 29349692
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-4920-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Ascites; Cardiac ascites; Cardiac tamponade; Echocardiogram; Pericardial disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ascites / diagnostic imaging*
Ascites / etiology*
Cardiac Tamponade / complications
Cardiac Tamponade / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardial Effusion / complications
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pericarditis, Constrictive / complications
Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnostic imaging*