Pericardiectomy using an oscillating saw.
We describe the use of a microoscillating saw on the heart to remove calcific pericardium. This microoscillating saw proved indispensable to achieve a safe pericardiectomy in a 55-year-old woman with thick, severe idiopathic calcific constrictive pericarditis.
Casha
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, United Kingdom.
Chandrasekaran
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*