Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis.

A patient with prior acute pericarditis was diagnosed with effusive-constrictive pericarditis using multimodality imaging.

• The patient had a history of prior acute pericarditis
• Effusive-constrictive physiology was demonstrated through imaging
• Findings included pericardial thickening with effusion
• Pericardial enhancement consistent with active inflammation was identified

Ventricular interdependence was identified as a component of the effusive-constrictive physiology in this case.

• Ventricular interdependence was among the key imaging findings
• This finding is characteristic of effusive-constrictive pericarditis
• The finding was identified through multimodality imaging assessment

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was found to play a complementary role in the diagnosis and management of inflammatory constrictive pericardial disease.

• CMR identified pericardial enhancement consistent with active inflammation
• CMR findings complemented other imaging modalities in establishing the diagnosis
• The case highlights CMR's utility specifically in inflammatory constrictive pericardial disease
• Multimodality imaging as a whole was employed for diagnosis