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Surgical outcomes of constrictive pericarditis and exploratory associations with inflammatory features: a 17-year single-center experience

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Background Constrictive pericarditis (CP) remains a challenging disease with evolving etiological patterns and increasing emphasis on phenotype-based management. Pericardiectomy is the definitive treatment for CP.
Cigdem Tel Ustunisik, Berk Arapi, Lara Yagci, Abdulgani Orhun Yenigun, Omer Faruk Soydas, Ergida Albrahimi, Asem Tumeh, Ozan Onur Balkanay, Deniz Goksedef, Suat Nail Omeroglu   +9 more
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Cardiac surgery in a patient with implanted vagal nerve stimulator

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2018
The prevalence of epilepsy worldwide is around 0.5%–2% of the population. Antiepileptic medications are the first line of treatment in most of the cases but approximately 25%–30% epilepsy patients are refractory to the single or combination therapy.
Aashish Jain, Dheeraj Arora, Yatin Mehta
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Transient right ventricular dysfunction after pericardiectomy in patients with constrictive pericarditis [PDF]

, 2011
Pericardiectomy is the standard treatment in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis who have persistent symptoms. However, myocardial atrophy with prolonged pericardial constriction and abrupt increase in venous return can lead to heart failure ...
이삭, Jong-Won Ha, 조인정, Jeonggeun Moon, 양우인, 문정근, 강민경, 정남식, Chi Young Shim, 최동훈, Min-Kyung Kang, Donghoon Choi, 유희태, Sak Lee, In-Jeong Cho, 심지영, Namsik Chung, 하종원, Woo-In Yang, Hee Tae Yu   +19 more
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Chronic constrictive tuberculous pericarditis: risk factors and outcome of pericardiectomy

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: Data on long-term outcome of pericardiectomy are limited. This retrospective study aimed to investigate risk factors and early and late outcomes of pericardiectomy for constrictive tuberculous ...
Eren, E., Goeksel, O., Kutlu, H., Ketenci, B., Cimen, S., Teskin, Oe., Enc, Y., Cinar, B.   +7 more
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A clinical case of post-traumatic constrictive pericarditis

Consilium Medicum
Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a relatively rare disease characterized by impaired ventricular diastolic filling resulting from thickening, fibrosis, and reduced elasticity of the pericardial layers, leading to the development of chronic heart failure
Nino V. Tsereteli, Irina E. Chernysheva, Aleksandra Yu. Kireeva, Andrey S. Zhuravlev, Olga B. Lapotchkina, Nikolay L. Bayandin, Andrei N. Pankov, Sergey P. Semitko, David G. Ioseliani, Victor V. Fomin   +9 more
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Principles of radical pericardiectomy [PDF]

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2020
Chin Siang Ong, Thoralf M Sundt
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Biventricular mechanics in constrictive pericarditis comparison with restrictive cardiomyopathy and impact of pericardiectomy

, 2013
Background-The aim of our study was to compare myocardial mechanics of constrictive pericarditis (CP) with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), or healthy controls; to assess the impact of pericardial thickening detected by cardiac magnetic resonance on ...
Alraies, M Chadi, Dahiya, Arun, Flamm, Scott D, Bolen, Michael A, Klein, Allan L, Kusunose, Kenya, Kwon, Deborah H, Zurick, Andrew O, Motoki, Hirohiko, Popovic, Zoran B   +9 more
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A rare case of purulent pericarditis arising from a hepato-pericardial fistula

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Purulent pericarditis is a rare but severe complication of bacterial pericarditis, often secondary to intrathoracic infections, and can cause a hepatic abscess that ruptures into the pericardium, which is an uncommon symptom with a high mortality rate if
Khaled Alaboud Alkheder, Omar Farooq Al-Nahhas, Yousif Basim Al-Khafaji, Ammar Alshirazi Alssabagh, Sudarshana Reddy Thiyyagura   +4 more
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Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: 20 Years of Experience at the Montreal Heart Institute

, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate our single-center experience with pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis. The main objectives of our analysis were long-term survival, clinical outcome, and identification of risk ...
Cartier, Raymond, Mazine, Amine, Carrier, Michel, Chen, Christina, Perrault, Louis P., Hebert, Yves, VISTARINI, NICOLA LUIGI CARLO, Bouchard, Denis, Pellerin, Michel, Demers, Philippe   +9 more
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Futility of pericardiectomy for postirradiation constrictive pericarditis?

, 1990
Two patients underwent pericardiectomy for postirradiation constrictive pericarditis. Both had received radiotherapy (more than 6,000 rads) for treatment of Hodgkin's disease 17 (patient 2) and 20 years (patient 1) earlier.
M. Turina, Y. Ni, L.K. von Segesser, Ni Y, Ni, Y., von Segesser, L. K., Turina, M., Turina M, von Segesser LK   +8 more
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