title: Acute macrophysiological effects of pericardiectomy: chronic effects of pericardiectomy/pericardiotomy uninvestigated - is pericardiectomy benign?
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA 01608, USA. raman_m1@ hotmail.com
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrzad
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Spodick
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology