CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS AND INTRAPERICARDIAL TROMBUS AFTER OPEN HEART SURGERY

Abdullah Kemal Tuygun, Aybanu Tuygun, Ufuk Çiloğlu, Adlan Olsun, *Nurgül Yurtseven

Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, İstanbul
*Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Anestezi Kliniği, İstanbul

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The incidence of constrictive pericarditis has been increasing progressively following open heart surgery. Since, it is rarely encountered the diagnosis and treatment of this entity are somewhat controversial. A patient who developed constrictive pericarditis and organized hematoma leading to mass effect posteriorly to the left atrium, 16 months after aort-coronary bypass operation was presented with literature rewiew and treatment options.

Keywords : Open heart surgery, constrictive pericarditis, coronary bypass

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