Pericardiectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting for constrictive pericarditis after heart surgery.
A 63-year-old male was operated on for chronic heart failure due to myocardial ischemia and constrictive pericarditis after heart surgery. He was in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III under a large dose of diuretics. He underwent a pericardiectomy and coronary bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass. His cardiac function improved with a patent graft. He is now, 1 year after surgery, in NYHA class I under a tapering dose of diuretics.
Sugimoto
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Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan.
Ogawa
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K
Asada
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Mukohara
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N
Higami
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Obo
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H
D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*