title: A case of constrictive pericarditis and thoracic aortic aneurysm: a hybrid therapeutic approach.
abstract: The authors describe the case of a 59-year-old man, a former smoker, with hypertension, chronic renal failure undergoing hemodialysis, and a history of stent grafting for repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm and miliary tuberculosis, who was diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis and a thoracic aortic aneurysm. In a patient with such a complex medical history, there were several etiologies to consider. The treatment consisted of pericardiectomy and a hybrid technique of supra-aortic debranching and subsequent endovascular stent-graft repair.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Oeiras, Portugal. mariasalomecarvalho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maria Salomé
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jerónimo de Sousa
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Araújo Gonçalves
authors.forename: Hélder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dores
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abecasis
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Aneurisma aórtico; Aortic aneurysm; Aortic debranching; Constrictive pericarditis; Debranching aórtico; Pericardite constritiva