title: Surgical technique for the management of constrictive epicarditis complicating constrictive pericarditis (the waffle procedure).
abstract: Epicardial constriction is a frequent accompaniment of constrictive pericarditis. The operative procedure presented here is an atraumatic, effective alternative to epicardial resection.
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*