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Ultrasonic debridement of calcified pericardium in constrictive pericarditis
R G Johnson1, R L Thurer, B H Lorell
1Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Debridement of heavily calcified and adherent pericardium with an ultrasonic surgical aspiration device is described. The device proved to be a useful adjunct to the complete debridement of densely adherent pericardium.