title: Off-pump complete pericardiectomy for an unusual case of annular constrictive pericarditis.
abstract: We describe a case of a 64-year-old man with constrictive pericarditis of unusual anatomy. Preoperative investigations revealed the thickened and calcified pericardial ring encircling the right and left ventricular cavity at the level of the atrioventricular (AV) groove and crossing the left anterior descending coronary artery, leading to strangulation of the heart. Off-pump complete pericardiectomy was performed successfully. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful.
authors: Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Organ Pathobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan. 44870@gifu-hp.jp
authors: Yukihiro
authors: Y
authors: Matsuno
authors: Katsuya
authors: K
authors: Shimabukuro
authors: Narihiro
authors: N
authors: Ishida
authors: Hirofumi
authors: H
authors: Takemura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery*