Successful Radical Pericardiectomy for Porcelain Constrictive Pericarditis

Yusuke Hamada; Koichi Toda; Noriyuki Kashiyama; Shigeru Miyagawa; Yoshiki Sawa

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.024

Successful Radical Pericardiectomy for Porcelain Constrictive Pericarditis

JACC Case Rep. 2021 May 19;3(5):816-817. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.024. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Yusuke Hamada¹, Koichi Toda¹, Noriyuki Kashiyama¹, Shigeru Miyagawa¹, Yoshiki Sawa¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with severely calcified constrictive pericarditis and liver cirrhosis who underwent successful off-pump radical pericardiectomy. The cardiac parameters significantly improved without severe complications. We demonstrate the usefulness of off-pump surgical treatment for constrictive pericarditis with liver cirrhosis. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CP, constrictive pericarditis; CT, computed tomography; RV, right ventricular; constrictive pericarditis; liver cirrhosis; pericardiectomy.