A complex case of bacterial pericarditis caused by a new pathogenic agent. [PDF]
GMS Infect Disis a gram-positive facultative anaerobic agent. It is a human skin colonizer that can be responsible for opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
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Our experience of total pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis: a comprehensive analysis over a period of 5 years [PDF]
Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021 Manish Jadhao +6 more
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COVID-related constrictive pericarditis requiring pericardiectomy: a case report. [PDF]
J Cardiothorac SurgBackground The COVID-19 pandemic was primarily considered a respiratory malady in the early phases of the outbreak. However, as more patients suffer from this illness, a myriad of symptoms emerge in organ systems separate from the lungs.
Boyles R, Lu J, Yoo J, Samuels L.
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Intercostal thoracoscopic pericardiectomy in left lateral recumbency: A cadaveric study of feasibility, efficiency, and extent of pericardial resection. [PDF]
Vet SurgAbstract Objective To describe the feasibility, efficiency, and extent of thoracoscopic pericardiectomy (TP) on a ventilated dog with an intercostal approach in lateral recumbency (ILR), in comparison with the traditional transdiaphragmatic paraxiphoid approach in dorsal recumbency (PDR). Study Design Randomized experimental study.
Levine JR, Scharf VF.
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Development of rapid evaluation scale for pericardiectomy of tuberculous constrictive pericarditis by 12-lead electrocardiogram. [PDF]
J Cardiothorac SurgRen Y, Dong Y, Fan X, Xu H, Yin S.
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Influence of pericardium on ventricular mechanical interdependence in an isolated biventricular working pig heart model. [PDF]
J PhysiolAbstract figure legend Schematic representation of the experimental workflow and main results of left and right ventricular outflows obtained before and after ablation of the pericardium, on isolated pig hearts perfused in biventricular working mode. Left and right ventricular haemodynamics were assessed in response to changes in left and right atrial ...
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Pericardiectomy in pregnancy [PDF]
Thorax, 1970 Details are presented which relate to a patient in whom constrictive pericarditis developed during pregnancy. Successful pericardiectomy was performed at 24 weeks gestation and a normal infant was delivered at term. The results of medical and surgical treatment of cardiac patients during pregnancy, the results of pericardiectomy, and the risk to the ...
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Fifteen-year experience with pericardiectomy at a tertiary referral center
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Purpose Pericardiectomy has traditionally carried relatively high perioperative mortality and morbidity, with few published reports of intermediate- and long- term outcomes.
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Pericardiectomy in children. [PDF]
Thorax, 1976 Thirty-five children under 16 years of age were prepared for pericardiectomy on account of constrictive pericarditis; three died in the immediate preparatory period. Pericardiectomy was undertaken in 32; in 28 the cause was tuberculous. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the high incidence of constrictive pericarditis in African ...
R.L. van der Horst, B. T. le Roux
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Background: Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is rare a sinus histiocytosis typically causing lymphadenopathy. Heart involvement is anecdotal, and <30 cases of cardiac RDD (cRDD) have been reported so far.Case Presentation: A 46-year old woman with positive
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