Established and novel pathophysiological mechanisms of pericardial injury and constrictive pericardi

• 作 者: Vinasha Ramasamy Bongani M May
• 机 构: InstituteofInfectiousDiseaseandMolecularMedicine,DepartmentofIntegrativeBiomedicalSciences,Divisiono
• 出 处: 世界心脏病学杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 发表日期: 2018年9期
• 关键词: Inflammatory PERICARDITIS AUTOIMMUNE disease TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS FIBROSIS m

This review article aims to:(1)discern from the literature the immune and inflammatory processes occurring in the pericardium following injury;and(2)to delve into the molecular mechanisms which may play a role in the progression to constrictive pericardit