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Case Reports
. 2023 Jun 21;2(5):100965.
doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.100965. eCollection 2023 Sep-Oct.

Restriction vs Constriction

Larry S Dean  1 , Morton J Kern  2
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Restriction vs Constriction

Larry S Dean et al. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Constrictive pericardial disease; hemodynamics; restrictive cardiomyopathy.

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Figures

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Figure 1
(A) Restrictive pattern showing concordance with inspiration. (B) Constrictive pattern showing discordance with inspiration. Note that both have a “dip-and-plateau” diastolic filling pattern.
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