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Palliative treatment for symptomatic malignant pericardial effusion†. [PDF]
, 2014 Consensus has yet to emerge regarding the optimal choice of therapy in the management of malignant pericardial effusion. We review the literature to evaluate the existing evidence on the clinical effectiveness of surgical and interventional cardiological
Bowden, Jack +3 more
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BMJ Case Reports, 2021 A middle-aged man presented to the Department of Medicine of our hospital due to exertional dyspnoea, ascites and peripheral oedema. He was later transferred to the Department of Heart Disease as his echocardiography indicated constrictive pericarditis ...
S. Saeed +4 more
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Acute Kidney Injury: Lessons from Pericardiectomy.
Heart Surgery Forum, 2021 BACKGROUND Acute kidney (renal) injury (AKI) is a severe and common complication that occurs in ~40% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. AKI has been associated with increased mortality and worse prognosis.
Jing-bin Huang +6 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 +3 more
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Preoperative neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and outcome from coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]
, 2007 Background: An elevated preoperative white blood cell count has been associated with a worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Leukocyte subtypes, and particularly the neutrophil-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio, may however, convey superior ...
Buchan, Keith G. +9 more
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The Echocardiogram after Pericardiectomy
Japanese Heart Journal, 1979 Many factors may affect the interventricular septal motion. This study measures the effect of pericardiectomy on septal motion in 9 patients who were evaluated 1 week to 58 months after pericardiectomy. Echocardiography was performed with the patient in recumbent position with the special care to record motion of the muscular septum and not that of the
L. Thomas Sheffield +3 more
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Analysis of risk factors of multiorgan failure after pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Background We aimed to investigate risk factors of multiorgan failure following pericardiectomy. Methods This was a retrospective study of patients undergoing pericardiectomy between January 1994 and May 2021 at three hospitals. Results 826 patients were
Jing-bin Huang +7 more
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Constrictive pericarditis in a post–renal transplant patient: a case report [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Constrictive pericarditis is a rare complication in the post–renal transplant period. It poses a diagnostic dilemma even in the modern era. Its incidence is not known and tuberculosis is implicated in some of the cases. CASE PRESENTATION: A
Chaminda Kularathne +3 more
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Predictive value of matrix metalloprotease 9 on surgical outcomes after pericardiectomy
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Background The effects of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) expressions on the patients with constrictive pericarditis undergoing pericardiectomy remain unclear.
Likui Fang +4 more
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Surgical Treatment of Constrictive Pericarditis
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023 Introduction: The mainstay of the treatment of constrictive pericarditis is pericardiectomy. However, surgery is associated with high early morbidity and mortality and low long-term survival.
Brunella Bertazzo +3 more
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