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3536948

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
A 65-year-old male patient underwent two bypass operations because of coronary artery disease. After the second operation he developed congestive heart failure with breathlessness, ankle swelling, hepatomegaly and poor exercise tolerance. Echocardiographic and haemodynamic findings were characteristic of constrictive pericarditis. Pericardiectomy was performed three months after the second operation. The retrosternal space was replaced with fibrotic, patchy hyalinic tissue, and the pericardium was thick and rigid. Histologically, the thickened pericardium showed dense fibrosis and foreign-body granulomas with large multinuclear giant cells and irregular crystals. This report indicates that foreign body reaction following coronary artery bypass operation may result in constrictive pericarditis with severe heart failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
667-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Constrictive pericarditis following coronary bypass reoperation. Fibrotic pericardium and a foreign body reaction.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports