Patient Selection Constrictive pericarditis results from a stiff pericardium that prevents adequate diastolic filling and can cause diastolic heart failure. The normal thickness of the pericardial is found in up to 18% of constrictive pericarditis...
Introduction Since Shoemaker first performed midline sternotomy in an elective cardiac operation in 1953, midline sternotomy has become the most common approach for most cardiac surgical operations, as this is...