A Case of Jaundiced Constrictive Pericarditis / 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 111-113, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
We treated a constrictive pericarditis patients that developed jaundice. The 28-year-old male complained chiefly of dyspnea on exertion. In addition to hyperbilirubinemia, his chest X-ray showed calcification of the pericardium. Cardiac catheterization found increased central venous pressure (24mmHg), a dip and plateau of the right and left ventricular pressure, and a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Surgery to excise the pericardium and close the PFO was performed under extracorporeal circulation. Hypertrophic pericardium had expanded throughout the right atrium to the free wall of the right ventricle and was partially calcified. Surgery restored the patient's cardiac and liver functions and allowed him to resume normal social activity.
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Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
1998
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