title: [Effusive constrictive pericarditis successfully treated by partial pericardiectomy with left thoracotomy; report of a case].
abstract: A 72-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to high fever and dyspnea. Echocardiography and bacterial culture of pericardial fluid revealed purulent pericarditis caused by Streptococcus. Despite pericardial drainage and antibiotic therapy, hemodynamic instability due to constriction persisted. At 12th hospital day, partial pericardiectomy with left thoracotomy was performed. After the operation, his hemodynamics improved gradually, and was discharged from the hospital on the 54th post operative day without recurrence of infection nor constriction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Takayasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Mutsumu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukata
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*