A case of chronic constrictive uraemic pericarditis successfully treated by pericardectomy is reported together with the pre- and postoperative haemodynamic data.

- pericardectomy was first accomplished hi germany in 1913. it is obligatory when a pathologic condition in the pericardium increases pressure on the heart. the most common disease thai causes this process is constrictive pericarditis. tuberculosis was formerly the most common cause of the latter. a retrospective review of pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis was undertaken in shariati ...

The electrocardiographic findings of 1 8 patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis and their progress 16 to 80 months following radical pericardectomy were studied. Atrial fibrillation, abnormal P waves, right QRS axis deviation, low QRS complex voltage in the conventional leads as well as T wave inversion, were the common preoperative electrocardiographic findings. Following radical peri...

Cases of melioidosis (N = 2) and tuberculous pericarditis (N = 33) during 1996-2006 were reviewed. Clinical presentations were similar, but pericardial pathological findings were not. Nine of 12 patients with melioidosis required pericardectomy. In areas where these diseases are endemic, pericardial fluid culture and pericardial biopsy can differentiate between melioidosis and tuberculosis.

A 36 year old woman had emergency pericardectomy because of subacute effusive-constrictive pericarditis. The pericardial fluid and tissue culture showed that this was caused by infection with Salmonella enteritidis. Cardiac involvement with salmonella does not usually present in such an aggressive manner and it has not previously been reported to cause this rare type of cardiac constriction.

We are reporting two cases of neck and arm major venous thrombosis in patients of posttubercular chronic constrictive pericarditis posted for pericardectomy. There was unanticipated difficulty in placement of Internal Jugular vein catheter and subsequent ultrasound revealed thrombosis in the major veins. It was not diagnosed in the preoperative period. This report raises this major complication...

Polyangiitis with granulomatosis, previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis, is a systemic necrotising granulomatous vasculitis. It predominantly affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and the kidneys, but can potentially affect any organ system. It is diagnosed by clinical features, immunology (anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies) and histology. Cardiac involvement occurs in 6 to...

Aims/Objectives To establish the commonest aetiology of CP in this cohort of patients in light of the relative increase of numbers in our hospital (100% increase in the last 3 years). To correlate clinical diagnosis with histological diagnosis. To explore the increasing role of new diagnostic tools like MRI in this known disease. To detect recurrence rate of CP & need for reintervention. To com...