title: [Constrictive pericarditis in a patient following prosthetic aortic valve replacement caused by postpericardiotomy syndrome].
abstract: A case of a 53-year old man is presented who developed postpericardiotomy syndrome and subsequently constrictive pericarditis following prosthetic aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic stenosis. The diagnosis was based on clinical picture and confirmed invasively. Nearly total excision of thickened fibrous pericardium resulted in a slow but full disappearance of constriction signs.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Internistyczno-Kardiologicznego Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego, Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wrabec
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parczewska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobkowicz-Wozniak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zembala
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kratochwil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cwynar
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Zaciskajace zapalenie osierdzia u chorego po wszczepieniu sztucznej zastawki aortalnej powikłanym zespołem po perikardiotomii.