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. 2015 Aug 25:10:109.
doi: 10.1186/s13019-015-0314-x.

Constrictive pericarditis complicating cardiac transplantation

Affan Umer  1 , Nauman Khalid  2 , Lovely Chhabra  2 , Sarfaraz Memon  2 , David H Spodick  3
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Constrictive pericarditis complicating cardiac transplantation

Affan Umer et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is a disease characterized by progressive pericardial fibrosis. If left untreated it can lead to progressive heart failure and can be severely disabling. Medical management with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in combination with colchicine is promising in the acute phase of the disease but for more chronic cases pericardiectomy offers the best chance for hemodynamic recovery. Constrictive pericarditis after cardiac transplantation is a rare phenomenon. Current literature suggests that early pericardiectomy may be the most effective treatment in this subset of patients as well.

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