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[Early constrictive pericarditis after coronary revascularization. Apropos of a case]
F Pouillart1, A Cohen, O Le Dref
1Service de cardiologie, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
Archives Des Maladies Du Coeur Et Des Vaisseaux
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
The authors report a case of severe constrictive pericarditis occurring 6 weeks after coronary bypass surgery and in the absence of any other predisposing factor. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan and cardiac catheterisation which showed signs of a diastole. The patient died despite early surgical reoperation because of the severity of the pericardial fibrosis.