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Comparison of B-type natriuretic peptide and left ventricular dysfunction in patients with constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2010
Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) due to tuberculosis has high morbidity and mortality in the periopeartive period following pericardiectomy because of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction.
Kapoor Poonam, Aggarwal Vikram, Chowdhury Ujjwal, Choudhury Minati, Singh Sarvesh, Kiran Usha   +5 more
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Results of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis Single-center experience

, 2017
We evaluated our early and late outcomes after pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP). We retrospectively reviewed 31 patients who underwent pericardiectomy for CP from 1997 to 2015.
AKALIN, FİGEN, ARSAN, SİNAN, BİRKAN, YAŞAR   +2 more
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Experience of Pericardiectomy in Tikur Anbessa University Hospital, Ethiopia

, 2016
Background: Pericardiectomy is the only accepted curative treatment for improving cardiac haemodynamics in chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP).
Bekele, A, Ali, Adem, Biluts, H
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A clinical case of post-traumatic constrictive pericarditis

Consilium Medicum
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a relatively rare disease characterized by impaired ventricular diastolic filling resulting from thickening, fibrosis, and reduced elasticity of the pericardial layers, leading to the development of chronic heart failure
Nino V. Tsereteli, Irina E. Chernysheva, Aleksandra Yu. Kireeva, Andrey S. Zhuravlev, Olga B. Lapotchkina, Nikolay L. Bayandin, Andrei N. Pankov, Sergey P. Semitko, David G. Ioseliani, Victor V. Fomin   +9 more
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A rare case of purulent pericarditis arising from a hepato-pericardial fistula

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Purulent pericarditis is a rare but severe complication of bacterial pericarditis, often secondary to intrathoracic infections, and can cause a hepatic abscess that ruptures into the pericardium, which is an uncommon symptom with a high mortality rate if
Khaled Alaboud Alkheder, Omar Farooq Al-Nahhas, Yousif Basim Al-Khafaji, Ammar Alshirazi Alssabagh, Sudarshana Reddy Thiyyagura   +4 more
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A TECHNIQUE OF PERICARDIECTOMY

Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 1956
C A, BISHOP, R J, LIPIN
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Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: 20 Years of Experience at the Montreal Heart Institute

, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate our single-center experience with pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. The main objectives of our analysis were long-term survival, clinical outcome, and identification of risk ...
Cartier, Raymond, Mazine, Amine, Carrier, Michel, Chen, Christina, Perrault, Louis P., Hebert, Yves, VISTARINI, NICOLA LUIGI CARLO, Bouchard, Denis, Pellerin, Michel, Demers, Philippe   +9 more
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A single left fourth intercostal thoracotomy approach for resolution of idiopathic chylothorax with thoracic duct ligation and pericardiectomy: a preliminary clinical study in two dogs

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Open surgical treatment of idiopathic chylothorax via thoracic duct ligation and pericardiectomy requires a lengthy procedure with two thoracotomy incisions.
Anya K. Price, Kyle G. Mathews
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Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function after pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive pericarditis Doppler echocardiographic findings and correlation with clinical status

, 1999
OBJECTIVESThe study assessed changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function after pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive pericarditis and correlated postoperative Doppler echocardiographic findings with clinical status ...
Jae K Oh, A.Jamil Tajik, Redfield, Margaret M, Margaret M Redfield, Ling, Lieng H, Michele Senni, Oh, Jae K, Gordon K Danielson, Lieng H Ling, Senni, Michele, Danielson, Gordon K, Tajik, A.Jamil   +11 more
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Pericarditis tuberculosa: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura Tuberculous pericarditis: a case report and review of the literature

Revista Colombiana de Cardiología, 2011
La pericarditis constrictiva crónica es un síndrome clínico causado por la compresión cardíaca ejercida por un pericardio engrosado o rígido. La tuberculosis es una causa rara de pericarditis constrictiva en los países desarrollados. Sin embargo, ésta es
María C Florián, Sergio Franco, David Santacruz, Kevin F Montoya   +3 more
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