title: Constrictive pericarditis following cardiac surgery.
abstract: Five patients with constriction secondary to pericarditis or membrane formation following cardiac surgical procedures are reported. In 4 of the 5 patients, a postpericardiotomy syndrome developed after the original procedure. Constriction occurred from ten weeks to almost 6 years after the cardiac operation. Clinicians should watch carefully for the delayed onset of constriction in patients with a postpericardiotomy syndrome after cardiac operation.
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011185:Postpericardiotomy Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed