title: [Surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis in 162 cases].
abstract: The authors reports the experience of surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditis in 162 cases. Age ranged from 6 to 66 years old. The cardiac function and circulatory dynamics were improved after decortication of the thickened pericardium in most of the patients. Overall surgical mortality was 3.1%. The major cause of death was low cardiac output syndrome in the early postoperative period. The authors consider that the excision of the thickened pericardium is better to begin from the left to right and the good perioperative management particularly the rational agents is essential in the prevention of low cardiac output syndrome.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000401:mortality; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate