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Pericardiectomy for Pleuropericardial Effusion Complicating Bacterial Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2010
Severe pericardial effusion is a rare complication of bacterial pneumonia and it usually disappears under medical treatment. Herein we report a case of a girl with a congenital immunodeficient syndrome and bacterial pneumonia, who developed recurrent ...
Marco Pozzi, Elli Soura, Fernando Maria de Benedictis, Andrea Quarti   +3 more
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Successful pericardiectomy in Hennekam syndrome [PDF]

, 2013
Hennekam syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by lymphangiectasia in internal organs with lymphedema. Pleural or pericardial effusions may present with lymphedema on extremities in the course of the disease.
Baysal, Tamer, Karaarslan, Sevim, Karatas, Zehra, Alp, Hayrullah, Sarigul, Ali   +4 more
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Idiopathic Constrictive Pericarditis and Eggshell Calcification of the Heart

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Extensive pericardial calcification is rare in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP). We report the case of a young man who had CCP with “eggshell” calcification of the pericardium and the classic features of CCP on echocardiography and ...
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, MD, Navjyot Kaur, MD, Ramesh Patel, MD, Anupam Lal, MD, Ganesh Kasinadhuni, MD   +4 more
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Effects of Intraoperative Fluid Management on Postoperative Outcomes After Pericardiectomy

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: The effects of intraoperative fluid management on the patients with constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy remain unclear. This study explored the relationship between intraoperative fluid management and postoperative outcomes ...
Likui Fang, Hong Zheng, Wenfeng Yu, Gang Chen, Fangming Zhong   +4 more
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Pericardiectomy as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2016
A 70-year-old man presented with recent onset, predominantly right-sided heart failure. Echocardiogram demonstrated features of hypertensive heart disease and was suggestive of, but non-diagnostic for, constrictive pericarditis (CP). CT demonstrated mild pericardial thickening.
Ewa, Konik, Jeffrey, Geske, William, Edwards, Bernard, Gersh   +3 more
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Pericardite constritiva recorrente – um desafio diagnóstico e terapêutico

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia, 2015
Resumo: Insuficiência cardíaca direita recorrente após pericardectomia pode ser causada por pericardectomia incompleta, constrição recorrente, disfunção diastólica ou atingimento miocárdico. A identificação de pericardite constritiva (PC) recorrente após
Raquel Ferreira, Anabela Gonzaga, Luís Santos, José António Santos   +3 more
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Pathological Findings of Canine Idiopathic Pericarditis and Pericardial Mesotheliomas: Correlation with Clinical and Survival Data

Veterinary Sciences, 2021
Idiopathic pericarditis (IP) and pericardial mesothelioma (PM) are causes of pericardial effusion in dogs. Pericardiectomy can be a definitive treatment in the case of idiopathic pericardial effusion or a short-term intervention for mesothelioma. The aim
Michela Levi, Federico Parenti, Luisa Vera Muscatello, Stefano Battaia, Roberto Santilli, Manuela Perego, Vincenzo Montinaro, Federico Massari, Giuseppe Sarli, Barbara Brunetti   +9 more
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Constrictive pericarditis: 21 years´ experience and review of literature

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
To the best of our knowledge there are no publications about Tunisian experience in constrictive pericarditis (CP); the aim of this study was therefore to review our twenty one years’ experience in terms of clinical and surgical outcomes and risk factors
Taamallah Karima, Ben Zaied Nesrine, Lahdhili Hatem, Ben Omrane Skander, Denguir Raouf, Chenik Selim   +5 more
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An Unusual Case of Parasitic Constrictive Pericarditis

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
Parasitic constrictive pericarditis is a rare entity. We present a case of a 75-year-old man who presented with dyspnea, ascites, and pedal edema and was found to have constrictive pericarditis on multimodality imaging with positive serology for ...
Ankit Agrawal, MD, Ashwin K. Kumar, MD, Muhammad Majid, MD, Abdullah Yesilyaprak, MD, Beni Verma, MD, Aro Daniela Arockiam, MD, Osamah Badwan, MD, Alveena Batool Syed, MD, Allan L. Klein, MD   +8 more
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Radical pericardiectomy for chronic constrictive pericarditis

, 2018
Background: We studied the impact of radical pericardiectomy on early and long-term patient survival, postoperative New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class, and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with chronic constrictive ...
Bansi Koul, Koul, Bansi, Cunha-Goncalves, Doris,, Shahab Nozohoor, Nozohoor, Shahab, Cunha-Goncalves, Doris, Johansson, Maria,, Johansson, Maria, Nozohoor, Shahab,, Maria Johansson, Doris Cunha-Goncalves, Koul, Bansi,, Lund University.   +12 more
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