Constrictive Pericarditis with Extensive Calcification and Caseous Necrosis

Autor: Marco Antônio Volpe, Jorge Edwin Morocho Paredes, Emerson Maron, Isaac Samuel Moscoso Sanchez, João Alberto Pastor de Oliveira, Luiza Zita D’Albuquerque Silveira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 35, Iss 4, Pp 580-483 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9741
DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2019-0224
Popis: Abstract Constrictive pericarditis is a disease where loss of pericardial elasticity and restriction of filling of the cardiac chambers occurs. It is most often seen as an associated symptom of heart failure. Pericardiectomy provides effective treatment for patients with symptomatic constrictive pericarditis, although high rates of morbidity and mortality are related to the procedure. We present a case with extensive calcification, massive caseous necrosis and an important impairment of right ventricular function successfully operated in our institution.
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