Constrictive pericarditis decades after aortic valve repair

Early rapidly developing constrictive pericarditis after aortic valve surgery

A 58-year-old male patient underwent aortic valve replacement surgery (On-X mechanical prosthesis, ring size 23 mm) due to severe aortic valve stenosis with preserved LV function and normal coronary arteries. The postoperative period was complicated by third-degree AV block and sustained ventricular tachycardias and a DDD-ICD implantation was implanted. After 3 months of surgery, the patient pr...

Progressive Constrictive Pericarditis Shortly after Purulent Pericarditis

Predictors of constrictive pericarditis after tuberculous pericarditis.

OBJECTIVE To identify features which predict the subsequent development of constrictive pericarditis from acute or subacute tuberculous (TB) pericarditis. SETTING Tertiary referral centre, chest hospital. PATIENTS The records of 16 consecutive patients in whom acute or subacute TB pericarditis was diagnosed between 1988 and 1990 at a chest hospital were reviewed. These records included a fo...

Motion of pulmonic valve and constrictive pericarditis.

Extreme respiratory variation in the depth of the "a" wave of the pulmonic valve echo was demonstrated in a patient with constrictive pericarditis; a mechanism for this finding is offered. Disparity in systolic and diastolic ventricular function in constriction is also useful in ruling out restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Constrictive pericarditis associated with an ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve insufficiency

We report the case of a 54-year-old patient who was admitted to our institution for planned surgical treatment of an ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve insufficiency. A decision was made to perform an elective Bentall-de Bono procedure. Constrictive pericarditis was revealed intraoperatively. The Bentall-de Bono procedure and the resection of calcified pericardium were performed success...