Constrictive Pericarditis Associated with COVID-19 or Vaccination
Journal: Balkan Medical Journal
Year: 2025

Pericarditis and myocarditis have been increasingly associated with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection or vaccination, although the occurrence of the voluminous pericardial effusion or constrictive pericarditis (CP) is exceedingly rare. [1][2]2][3][4][5][6][7] Up to 49% of CPs result from idiopathic or viral pericarditis; up to 37% are postsurgical; up to 31% are postradiotherapy; up to 7% are due to connective tissue disorders; and up to 6% from tuberculosis. 7The inner non-compliant