title: Pericardiectomy using an oscillating saw.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casha
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
mesh_terms: 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*