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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.2.184

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

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)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.43, no.2, 2010 , pp. 184-187 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Pericarditis; Postoperative complications; Pericardiectomy; constrictive;
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