Elevation of the JVP in constrictive pericarditis

Affiliations

¹ From the Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK, rebecca.sutherland@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
² Department of Acute General Medicine, Milton Keynes FT Hospital, Standing Way, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK6 5LD, UK.
³ Department of Hepatology, University Hospitals Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK and.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.

Comment

R K Sutherland et al. QJM. 2015 Oct.

. 2015 Oct;108(10):846.

doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv048. Epub 2015 Feb 19.

¹ From the Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK, rebecca.sutherland@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
² Department of Acute General Medicine, Milton Keynes FT Hospital, Standing Way, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK6 5LD, UK.
³ Department of Hepatology, University Hospitals Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK and.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.

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Comment on

A constricting differential--a case of severe anaemia, weight loss and pericarditis due to Tropheryma whipplei infection.
Sutherland RK, Russell KV, Trivedi PJ, Warren B, Smith RW, Conlon CP. Sutherland RK, et al. QJM. 2014 Nov;107(11):927-9. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs041. Epub 2012 Mar 12. QJM. 2014. PMID: 22411875 No abstract available.
Marked elevation of the jugular venous pressure should raise the index of suspicion for constrictive pericarditis.
Jolobe O. Jolobe O. QJM. 2015 Oct;108(10):845. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv047. Epub 2015 Feb 19. QJM. 2015. PMID: 25701493 No abstract available.