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Constrictive Pericarditis After Cardiac Surgery

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1 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 (February 2013) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 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  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Proposed pathophysiologic model for the development of preoperative constrictive pericarditis (PCP). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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