Successful Radical Pericardiectomy for Porcelain Constrictive Pericarditis

We report the case of a patient with severely calcified constrictive pericarditis and liver cirrhosis who underwent successful off-pump radical pericardiectomy. The cardiac parameters significantly improved without severe complications. We demonstrate the usefulness of off-pump surgical treatment fo...

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Autores principales: Hamada, Yusuke, Toda, Koichi, Kashiyama, Noriyuki, Miyagawa, Shigeru, Sawa, Yoshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Mini-Focus Issue: Interventional Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.024
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Sumario:We report the case of a patient with severely calcified constrictive pericarditis and liver cirrhosis who underwent successful off-pump radical pericardiectomy. The cardiac parameters significantly improved without severe complications. We demonstrate the usefulness of off-pump surgical treatment for constrictive pericarditis with liver cirrhosis. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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