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Late pericarditis secondary to pericardial patch implantation 25 years prior
1Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, Tochigi, Japan. tcvshun@jichi.ac.jp
Abstract:
We report a rare case of a 50-year-old man with signs of right heart failure due to localized pericarditis that was secondary to implantation of an artificial pericardial patch 25 years prior following pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis. The patient's clinical symptoms resolved completely in the 3 years following patch removal.