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Parietal pericardiectomy and pericardial waffle procedure relieves thick constrictive epicardium in effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
Case Report (n=1)
A case report demonstrating the use of parietal pericardiectomy and the pericardial waffle procedure for treating effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
May support surgical options in refractory effusive-constrictive pericarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before broader adoption.
We present the case of a 55-year-old female marathon runner who presented with progressive exercise intolerance and was diagnosed with effusive-constrictive pericarditis. Stereotypical findings of this challenging diagnosis are shown by transthoracic echocardiographic and right heart catheterization. We treated the patient with a parietal pericardiectomy and pericardial waffle procedure to relieve a thick and constrictive epicardium.
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Kiamanesh et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Effusive-constrictive pericarditis (n=1). Parietal pericardiectomy and pericardial waffle procedure was evaluated. A parietal pericardiectomy and pericardial waffle procedure was performed to relieve a thick and constrictive epicardium in a patient with effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
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