Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: RESULTS: Patients (49 males; median age 40 years) had a median duration of symptoms of 24 months (range 8-72) before surgery. Perioperative mortality was 8.6%. During follow-up (mean 66.4 +/- 56.4), late mortality rates at 5 and 10 years were 1.6% and 9.7%, respectively. The mean censored survival in all patients was 155.2 months (SEM 8.3, 95%CI 138.8-171.6). Readmission-free survival was 68.6% over 10 years (mean 125.4 months, SEM 10.3, 95%CI 105.2-145.6). Ascites and duration of symptoms were found to be predictors of perioperative mortality (P = 0.047 and 0.036, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The optimal time of pericardiectomy is most important in its management. Total or near-total pericardiectomy should always be performed as early as possible.
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Authors | B Cinar, Y Enç, O Göksel, S Cimen, B Ketenci, O Teskin, H Kutlu, E Eren |
Journal | The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
(Int J Tuberc Lung Dis)
Vol. 10
Issue 6
Pg. 701-6
(Jun 2006)
ISSN: 1027-3719 [Print] France |
PMID | 16776460
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pericardiectomy
- Pericarditis, Constrictive
(surgery)
- Pericarditis, Tuberculous
(surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
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