title: Constrictive pericarditis following open-heart surgery in a child.
abstract: A 6-year- old child developed constrictive pericarditis 2 years after undergoing an open-heart surgery for a congenital cardiac disorder. No other cause of pericarditis was identified. The clinical condition improved after pericardiectomy. The case is reported for its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Siddharthan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deepti
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sivasubramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shyam Sunder
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kothari
keywords: Constrictive pericarditis; heart surgery; postoperative