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Analysis of Risk Factors of Early Mortality After Pericardiectomy For Constrictive Pericarditis.
Heart Surgery Forum, 2022 BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate risk factors of early mortality following pericardiectomy. METHODS This was a retrospective study of patients undergoing pericardiectomy between January 1994 and May 2021 at The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang ...
Jing-bin Huang +7 more
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The Importance of Early Pericardiectomy in Mulibrey Nanism Syndrome, a Case Report
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022 Mulibrey (Muscle-Liver-Brain-Eye) Nanism syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder with multiorgan involvement. Constrictive pericarditis and diastolic dysfunction are the most common causes of mortality. We present a case of a patient with Mulibrey
A. Cordova Sanchez +2 more
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Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2016 Background: Patients with constrictive pericarditis can be treated by pericardiectomy by either left anterolateral thoracotomy or median sternotomy. The terms “radical,” “total,” “extensive,” “complete,” “subtotal,” “adequate,” “near-total,” and partial ...
Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury +5 more
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Constrictive pericarditis and rheumatoid nodules with severe aortic incompetence. [PDF]
, 2014 The case of a female patient presenting with constrictive rheumatoid pericarditis and aortic incompetence secondary to valvular rheumatoid nodules is described along with a review of the literature with the aim to highlight this rare cause of aortic ...
Beattie, R +4 more
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Successful Treatment of Pneumothorax in a Dog With Sterile Pleural Fibrosis Caused by Chylothorax [PDF]
, 2019 A 2-year-old, 12 kg, intact male crossbreed dog was presented with respiratory distress, exercise intolerance, and gagging. Plain thoracic radiographs revealed severe pleural effusion.
Gruber, Achim D. +3 more
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Indian Heart Journal, 2016 Background: Chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) is the end result of chronic inflammation of the pericardium. Developing countries continue to face a significant burden of CCP secondary to tuberculous pericarditis.
Devendra V. Patil +7 more
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Effect of prednisolone on inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Pericardial disorders are a common cause of heart disease, and the most common cause of pericarditis in developing countries is tuberculous (TB) pericarditis.
Lai, RP +6 more
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Outcomes of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis following mediastinal irradiation
Journal of cardiac surgery, 2021 Pericardiectomy for postradiation constrictive pericarditis has been reported to generally have unfavorable outcomes. This study sought to evaluate surgical outcomes in a large cohort of patients undergoing pericardiectomy for radiation‐associated ...
S. Pahwa +12 more
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Cureus, 2021 Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common etiology of constrictive pericarditis in the developing world. In this study, we collected currently available data to evaluate the outcomes following pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive tuberculous ...
S. Yadav +8 more
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2017 Objectives: This study was designed to prospectively investigate the effects of pericardiectomy via median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative hemodynamics by a new semi-invasive device (Flotrac/VigileoTM monitor) using arterial pressure waveform ...
Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury +8 more
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