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Constrictive epicarditis: turtle cage or waffle operation?
Carlo Barzaghi1, Massimo Lombardi, Stefano Giaconi
1aCardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, University Hospital, Pisa bInstitute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa cDivision of Cardiology, Pontedera, Italy.
Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
|February 28, 2013
Abstract:
A 72-year-old man, presenting with signs of pericarditis, was found at operation to have constrictive epicarditis. Operation consisted of pericardiectomy and creation of multiple longitudinal and transverse incisions of the epicardium.
