Constrictive Pericarditis After Cardiac Surgery Mario Gaudino, MD, Amedeo Anselmi, MD, Natalia Pavone, MD, Massimo Massetti, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 731-736 (February 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.059 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Magnetic resonance image findings in preoperative constrictive pericarditis. (A) Pre-gadolinium and (B) post-gadolinium T1-weighted images on the horizontal long-axis view showing homogeneous thickening of the anterior pericardium (maximum thickness 4.5 mm) (arrowheads). (C) The inversion recovery-late gadolinium enhancement image demonstrates delayed enhancement of the thickened pericardium (arrowheads). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 731-736DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.059) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Proposed pathophysiologic model for the development of preoperative constrictive pericarditis (PCP). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 731-736DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.059) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions