Effusive-constrictive pericarditis is a distinct pathophysiologic entity where medical therapy fails to relieve constriction, but surgical intervention is generally satisfactory.
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Surgery may warrant consideration after medical therapy fails to relieve constriction; leaves open need for prospective validation in effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
E. William Hancock (1971) studied this question.
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