Diastolic mitral and tricuspid regurgitation was also more common in the patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy. These results suggest that patients with constrictive pericarditis and ...

The main disorder that constrictive pericarditis must be distinguished from is restrictive cardiomyopathy, which has a similar clinical presentation and echocardiographic findings. Invasive ...

Therefore, Vp can be increased despite the lack of constrictive physiology ... is not generally confused with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) because of its new onset. TDI is the most reliable ...

Also, BNP levels are low in patients with heart failure from constrictive pericarditis which differentiates it from restrictive cardiomyopathy where the BNP levels are high. A newer assay ...