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Transient effusive-constrictive pericarditis is a rare complication of open-heart surgery, but is increasingly recognized. For patients with both pericardial effusion and constrictive physiology soon after uneventful open-heart surgery, proper treatment...
Postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) is an inflammatory process that usually occurs within 1 to 6 weeks after an injury to the pericardium, epicardium, or myocardium. As more interventions are performed...
Cha KS, Bae Y, Ahn YK, Park JC, Seo JP, Park JH, Jeong MH, Cho JG, Park JC, Kang JC
KMID: 2041658
J Korean Soc Echocardiogr.
1997 Jul;5(1):36-41.
Effusive constrictive pericarditis after open heart surgery is a rare complication occuring in 0.2% to 0.3%. Presenting symptoms after surgery are associated with right heart failure and an elevated jugular...