Population
40 children who had operation requiring pericardiotomy
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 days postoperative
Authors
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Serial echocardiography may enable early detection of postpericardiotomy syndrome after pediatric cardiac surgery; observational data leave open whether targeted intervention improves outcomes.
Pericardial effusion is common early after pediatric cardiac surgery and frequently precedes the clinical development of postpericardiotomy syndrome.
Clapp et al. (1980) studied this question.
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