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Pericardiectomy by a Left Limited Anterolateral Thoracotomy for Constrictive Pericarditis after Cardiac Surgery -2 case reports-

개심술 후 발생한 압축성 심막염에 대한 좌전측방 소개흉술에 의한 심막절제술 - 2예 치험 -

  • Kim, Tae-Yun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Choi, Jong-Bum (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Mi-Kyung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Kim, Min-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School)
  • 김태윤 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 최종범 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이미경 (원광대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김경화 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 김민호 (전북대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.04.21
  • Accepted : 2010.02.04
  • Published : 2010.04.05

Abstract

Although it is a rare complication of cardiac surgery, constrictive pericarditis still remains a difficult problem that needs an appropriate treatment after cardiac surgery. We had two patients with constrictive pericarditis presenting with unexplained right heart failure early after cardiac surgery, and the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis was made by a specific finding of septal bounce shown in echocardiographic study. On the postoperative 40th day and 31st day, they underwent pericardiectomy by a left limited anterolateral thoracotomy. For one to two weeks since pericardiectomy, the cardiac failure symptoms were gradually relieved. For patients without improvement of the constrictive symptom and sign even with conservative medical therapy for constrictive pericarditis developed early after cardiac surgery, pericardiectomy by a left limited anterolateral thoracotomy is considered as a useful therapeutic mode.

압축성 심막염은 개심술 후 드문 합병증이지만 여전히 심장 수술 후 이상적인 치료접근이 필요한 어려운 질환이다. 저자들은 심장 수술 후 우심부전증을 보이는 압축성 심막염 2예를 경험하였다. 심장 초음파 검사에서 보이는 심실중격떨림 현상으로 진단하였고, 두 환자에서 각각 개심수술 40일과 31일만에 좌측 전측방 소절개 개흉술로 심막절제술을 시행하였다. 심막절제술 후 1∼2주일에 걸쳐 심부전증은 서서히 호전되었다. 개심술 후 발생한 압축성심막염에 대해 보존적 내과적 치료방법으로 압축성 증상 및 증후가 호전되지 않는 경우 좌측 전측방 소절개 개흉술에 의한 심막절제술은 효과적인 치료 방법의 하나로 생각된다.

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