Bacterial pericarditis can lead to life-threatening complications such as an aorto-right ventricular fistula, which can be successfully managed with immediate surgical closure.
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May support urgent surgical repair for rare aorto-RV fistula from pericarditis; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Rad et al. (2018) studied this question.
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