Population
Patients undergoing extensive pericardiotomy with or without cardiotomy, or mitral valvulotomy
Design
Review
Authors
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May refine post-surgical differential diagnosis; leaves open need for prospective validation of current criteria.
Describes the historical context and clinical presentation of postpericardiotomy syndrome as a distinct entity from rheumatic fever reactivation.
Drusin et al. (1965) studied this question.
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