He was honored several times by the American Medical Association for work on chronic postpneumonic empyema, and pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive pericarditis.
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Schmieden is remembered for his work with Franz Volhard ( 1872-1950 ) in the establishment of pericardectomy for treatment of constrictive pericarditis.
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The differential diagnosis of Kussmaul's sign includes constrictive pericarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, pericardial effusion, and severe right-sided heart failure.
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The definitive treatment for constrictive pericarditis is pericardial stripping, which is a surgical procedure where the entire pericardium is peeled away from the heart.
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Moscoe's own campaign for re-election in 2003 was complicated by a heart virus, which resulted in a rare condition known constrictive pericarditis.
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Another longer term complication of pericarditis, if it recurs over a longer period of time ( normally more than 3 months ), is progression to constrictive pericarditis.
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A poor outcome is almost always the result after a pericardiectomy is performed for constrictive pericarditis whose origin was radiation-induced, further some patients may develop heart failure post-operatively.
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Volhard recognized that constrictive pericarditis was a treatable condition, and as a result of his research with Viktor Schmieden ( 1874 1945 ), it led to the first pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis.
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Volhard recognized that constrictive pericarditis was a treatable condition, and as a result of his research with Viktor Schmieden ( 1874 1945 ), it led to the first pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis.
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In 1928 he performed the first pericardiectomy in the United States in a collaboration with Dr . Paul D . White, for the treatment of constrictive pericarditis, and developed this treatment subsequently.
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