Why the study?
Data on constrictive pericarditis following heart transplantation are scarce.
Population
2 patients with constrictive pericarditis after heart transplantation
Design
Case report and literature review
Authors
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Constrictive pericarditis can occur late post-transplant and respond to pericardiectomy; extends scarce case reports but leaves incidence and surveillance open.
Radical pericardiectomy can be a successful treatment for the rare complication of constrictive pericarditis following heart transplantation.
Tchana‐Sato et al. (2023) studied this question.
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