Learning Objectives:
To illustrate the classic findings of chronic constrictive pericarditis in an otherwise healthy young male.
To emphasize that in patients with unexplained right-sided heart failure symptoms constrictive pericarditis should be considered as a strong diagnostic possibility.
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