Localised calcic constrictive pericarditis causing pseudo-apical ballooning

摘要

A 61 -year-old lady presented with a 4-month history of exertional dyspnoea, orthopnoea and peripheral oedema. Cardiac computerized tomography (CT, panel A, short-axis view at level of LVOT) showed extensive calcification (arrows), almost semi-ring like, around the base of the left and right ventricle.