Objective: Concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and pericardiectomy (PC) can be a technically challenging operation. We sought to study the outcomes of patients undergoing concomitant PC and CABG. Methods: Between July 1983 and August 2016,
Vishal Khullar, MBBS+10 more
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“Healing the Heart”: A Retrospective Analysis of Surgical Management of Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
Background: Chronic Constrictive pericarditis is a condition that can lead to diastolic heart failure due to a thickened, scarred, and non-compliant pericardium.
Bezabih, Abebe+3 more
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S. Benjamin+7 more
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Surgical drainage, particularly pericardiotomy, which has a low recurrence rate, can safely and efficiently treat symptomatic pericardial effusion in patients with cancer.
Hao-Wen Chang, Chen-Liang Tsai
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Recurrent "Pericardial Pain" after Pericardiectomy for Recurrent Acute Benign Pericarditis [PDF]
B. Goldfarb+4 more
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for right ventricular failure following pericardiectomy.
We report the case of a 61-year-old gentleman who underwent pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. Constrictive pericarditis was diagnosed through echocardiogram, computed tomography chest and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Hasham Ahmad+3 more
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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+5 more
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Background Pericardiectomy is the final treatment for constrictive pericarditis. However, this greatest surgical approach is still very controversial. This study pursued to assess the outcomes in patients with recurrent chronic constrictive pericarditis ...
Ling Yunfei, Li Tao, Qian Yongjun
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The initiative to investigate the management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI) Registry : a substudy on the causes of constrictive pericarditis and predictors of mortality in patients with constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy at Groote Schuur Hospital (The Constrictive Pericarditis Substudy) [PDF]
Background: Causes of constrictive pericarditis and predictors of peri-operative outcome following pericardiectomy are not clearly elucidated, especially in Africa, where disease characteristics differ from developed countries. Furthermore, the impact of
Mutyaba, Arthur Kaggwe
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Rheumatoid pericardial effusion with heart block treated by pericardiectomy and implantation of permanent pacemaker. [PDF]
Alan Gelson+2 more
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