Experience with the surgical management of constrictive pericarditis
Szabolcs, Z.; Horkay, F.; Bodor, E.; Bartha, E.; Vecsey, T.; Szabó, Z.
Orvosi Hetilap 133(3): 143-146
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6002 PMID: 1734342 Document Number: 403353
61 patients were operated on for constrictive pericarditis at the Cardiovascular Surgical Clinic of Semmelweis Medical University in the last 33 years. The average hospital mortality of the surgical pericardiectomy was 4.9%. The final conclusions of this retrospective and follow up study are as follows: pericardiectomy is the method of choice in the treatment of constrictive pericarditis, since it does not has any therapeutic alternative, its hospital mortality is low and it results excellent early and late postoperative functional effects.