Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with suspected constrictive pericarditis.
N=19 | |
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Clinical: Sex, % male | 10 (53) |
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 51 ± 16 |
Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) | 31.0 ± 8.2 |
Laboratory Data, mean ± SD | |
Apartate aminotransferase, U/L, n=15 | 26 ± 8 |
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L, n=13 | 33 ± 15 |
Total bilirubin, mg/dl, n=14 | 0.6 ± 0.3 |
Direct bilirubin, mg/dl, n=13 | 0.2 ± 0.2 |
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L, n=14 | 90 ± 36 |
Creatinine, mg/dl | 0.9 ± 0.1 |
C-reactive protein, mg/L, n=14 (median (25;75 IQ) | 4.3 (1.3;21.0) |
ESR, mm/1h, n=18, (median (25;75 IQ) | 11 (5;15) |
Magnetic Resonance Elastography | |
Automatic Liver Stiffness (kPa) | 3.21 ± 1.52 |
IQ, interquartile; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate;