It is important to reiterate that resection was limited to the anterior pericardium. In addition to the technical feasibility of the procedure, in order to test proof of principle, it was critical to ...

A pericardiectomy revealed a white calcific heart; we resected the pericardium anterior to the phrenic nerves bilaterally to relieve cardiac constriction (Figure 1B). Pathology showed no evidence of ...

The surgical principles and technic of pericardiectomy have been well defined. In the "acute" stage operation is technically easy and accomplished nicely with an approach through the left anterior ...

Immediate haemodynamic improvement was observed. The patient required a second pericardiocentesis for drainage of a relapsing pericardial effusion. The course was complicated by effusive-constrictive ...

Introduction Pericardiectomy is indicated for symptomatic constrictive pericarditis and chronic recurrent pericarditis refractory to medical therapy, and less commonly pericardial cysts, partial ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Department of Biostatistics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese ...