Key result
Pericardiectomy resolves constrictive pericarditis with caval thrombi without recurrence during follow-up.
Why the study?
Right atrial thrombi are very rare, and their coexistence with constrictive pericarditis is even rarer with few cases reported in the literature.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates that pericardiectomy can be successfully performed in patients with constrictive pericarditis complicated by right atrial and major venous thrombosis.
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May warrant thrombus evaluation in constrictive pericarditis; extends sparse case reports without changing practice.
Right atrial thrombi are very rare. Existence of right atrial thrombus with constrictive pericarditis is even rarer. Only few cases have been reported in the English literature. Here, we report an unusual case of constrictive pericarditis complicated with right atrial and major venous thrombi. The patient underwent a successful pericardiectomy procedure. He had no thrombi during the follow-up period.
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Özhan et al. (2004) conducted a case report in Constrictive pericarditis with right atrial and major venous thrombosis (n=1). Pericardiectomy was evaluated on Thrombus recurrence during follow-up. Pericardiectomy was successfully performed in a patient with constrictive pericarditis and right atrial/major venous thrombi, with no thrombi recurrence during follow-up.
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