welcomes you to the new, improved website!This study compared radical vs partial pericardiectomy in 534 consecutive adults with constrictive pericarditis from 2000 to 2022, using propensity-score matching to create 89 well-matched pairs. The authors found that radical pericardiectomy produced superior postoperative hemodynamics compared to partial resection, with cardiac index increases of 1.2 vs 0.5 liters per minute per square meter and central venous pressure decreases of 12 vs 4.8 mmHg (p
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Radical Pericardiectomy and Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Constrictive Pericarditis
Submitted by: Mujtaba Mubashir
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Marijan Koprivanac, Karolis Bauza, Nicholas Smedira, Gosta Pettersson, Shinya Unai, Paola Barrios, Nicholas Oh, Filip Stembal, Kristina Krzelj, Valentina Lara-Erazo, Edward G. Soltesz, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Haytham Elgharably, Milind Desai, Tom K. Wang, Penny L. Houghtaling, Lars G. Svensson, Marc Gillinov, Kenneth McCurry, Douglas R. Johnston, Eugene H. Blackstone, Allan Klein, Michael Z. Tong
