Abstract |
We present a patient with recurrent constrictive physiology resulting from exuberant post-operative fibrosis after complete pericardiectomy. The patient underwent a repeat stripping procedure. At surgery, there was an extensive fibrotic and calcified rind around the heart. The recurrence of constriction physiology after complete pericardiectomy in non- tuberculous pericarditis is a rarely reported in literature. The management supports repeat surgery and the potential value of steroid administration.
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Authors | Elsayed M Elmistekawy, John P Veinot, Carole J Dennie, Fraser D Rubens |
Journal | Heart, lung & circulation
(Heart Lung Circ)
Vol. 20
Issue 12
Pg. 766-8
(Dec 2011)
ISSN: 1444-2892 [Electronic] Australia |
PMID | 21640650
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Constriction, Pathologic
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pericardiectomy
- Pericarditis, Constrictive
(pathology, surgery)
- Radiography
- Recurrence
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