Constrictive Pericarditis with Extensive Calcification and Caseous Necrosis

• Autor(a) principal: Volpe,Marco Antônio
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Paredes,Jorge Edwin Morocho, Maron,Emerson, Sanchez,Isaac Samuel Moscoso, Oliveira,João Alberto Pastor de, Silveira,Luiza Zita D’Albuquerque
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382020000400028
• topic: Pericarditis, Constrictive; Pericardiectomy; Ventricular Function, Right, Pericardium; Heart Failure; Treatment Outcome

Abstract Constrictive pericarditis is a disease where loss of pericardial elasticity and restriction of filling of the cardiac chambers occurs. It is most often seen as an associated symptom of heart failure. Pericardiectomy provides effective treatment for patients with symptomatic constrictive pericarditis, although high rates of morbidity and mortality are related to the procedure. We present a case with extensive calcification, massive caseous necrosis and an important impairment of right ventricular function successfully operated in our institution.