title: Constrictive Pericarditis Following Correction of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage.
abstract: We report the case of a 23-year-old man who developed constrictive pericarditis within four months after pulmonary valve replacement and repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection. He had previously undergone repair of tetralogy of Fallot in infancy. After an unsuccessful trial of medical management for persistent right heart failure, magnetic resonance imaging was done, which showed a thickened pericardium. He underwent a radical pericardiectomy with a good outcome. The case is presented to illustrate a less well-recognized cause of cardiac failure following congenital cardiac surgery, which may otherwise be attributed to the failure of surgery or residual complications.
authors.affiliation: 1 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Chin Siang
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Cardiology, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: James W L
authors.initials: JWL
authors.lastname: Yip
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Cardiology, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Edgar L W
authors.initials: ELW
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Lynette L S
authors.initials: LLS
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Pediatrics, National University Health System, Singapore.
authors.forename: Swee Chye
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Quek
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: congenital cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; constrictive pericarditis; partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage