Pericarditis constrictiva after aortic valve replacement simulating tricuspid stenosis.
Pericarditis constrictiva after cardiac surgery is rare and may occasionally lead to congestive heart failure. The case of a 29-year-old patient is described who presented with pericarditis constrictiva after aortic valve replacement with localized tamponade, causing functional tricuspid stenosis. Pericardiectomy as the treatment of choice was curative.
Vogt
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Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Bauer
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Carrel
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von Segesser
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Turina
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D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*