Of more relevance in children is the sequence following cardiac surgery involving opening of the pericardium, when it is called the post-pericardiotomy syndrome. The cardiac surgical procedure is followed by an acute illness, with fever, and pericardial and pleural inflammatory reactions. The ...
Aetiology of constrictive pericarditis was tuberculosis in 22 (46.8 %) patients, idiopathic in 15 (31.9 %), malignancy in 3 (6.4 %), prior cardiac surgery in 2 (4.3 %), non-tuberculosis bacterial infections in 2 (4.3 %), radiotherapy in 1 (2.1 %), uraemia in 1 (2.1 %) and post-...
Aetiology of constrictive pericarditis was tuberculosis in 22 (46.8 %) patients, idiopathic in 15 (31.9 %), malignancy in 3 (6.4 %), prior cardiac surgery in 2 (4.3 %), non-tuberculosis bacterial infections in 2 (4.3 %), radiotherapy in 1 (2.1 %), uraemia in 1 (2.1 %) and post-...
SNRT sinus node recovery time SP sterile pericarditis WP Wenckebach periodicity Keywords Colchicine Atrial fibrillation IL-1β IL-6 Atrial fibrosis 1. Introduction Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication following cardiac surgery, with an incidence of 20–40 % of pat...
The child’s parents were once again updated, this time being informed that their daughter likely had peritonitis due to appendicitis and required surgery. She proceeded to the operating room and underwent an examination under anesthetic which failed to reveal an appendix mass or similar, followed ...
Confirmed pericarditis 1) Histopathologic evidence of pericardial inflammation in pericardial tissue from surgery or autopsy CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ECG = electrocardiogram; LV = left ventricle; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging. * Summary, adapted from the CDC website, MMWR ...
Figure 2. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) was performed to assess the patient’s pericardial disease prior to referral to cardiac surgery. Breath-hold steady-state free precession (SSFP) cine of bright blood horizontal long axis (A) and midventricular short axis (B) views with evidenc...
2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Eur. Heart J. 2015, 36, 2921...
Depending on the severity of illness, patients with meningococcemia may require breathing support and vasopressors, as well as wound care and, in some cases, surgery to remove necrotic tissue. The most powerful weapon we have to prevent meningococcal disease is meningococcal vaccines. In the ...