Chronic pericardial effusion requiring pericardiectomy in the postpericardiotomy syndrome
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High-pressure loculated pericardial effusion in postpericardiotomy syndrome.
An 81-year-old man presented with a 10-day history of progressively worsening dyspnea on exertion and decreased exercise tolerance 2 months after coronary artery bypass surgery for triple-vessel coronary artery disease; his pericardium was not closed at that time. Physical examination revealed blood pressure of 112/64 mm Hg, heart rate of 102 bpm, distant heart sounds, bilaterally decreased bre...
متن کاملLetter by Kern regarding article, "High-pressure loculated pericardial effusion in postpericardiotomy syndrome".
Letter by Kern Regarding Article, “High-Pressure Loculated Pericardial Effusion in Postpericardiotomy Syndrome” To the Editor: Drs Syros and Maysky1 present a remarkable case of pericardial effusion due to post pericardiotomy syndrome in an 81-year-old man. I am confused about the hemodynamics displayed in Figure 2, which shows a pericardial pressure that appears to be exactly like that of a ri...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)41753-4