ReviewAnnals of medicine2020
Postpericardiotomy syndrome after cardiac surgery.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Feasibility of early interval training in patients recovering from heart valve surgery due to infective endocarditis.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Pericardial Effusion After Cardiac Surgery: Prevalence, Characteristics, Risk Factors and Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Right Heart Catheterization: Best Practices and Specific Considerations.International journal of heart failure · 2026Review
- Minimally invasive or conventional sternotomy for concomitant mitral valve surgery and surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: propensity score study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Incidence and Outcomes of Pericardial Effusion After Congenital Heart Surgery.World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery · 2026Article
- Non-pulmonary postoperative complications of cardiothoracic surgery.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of effect of transfusion practices on infection risks in open heart surgery: Insights from a study at Amir-Al-Mominin Hospital in Golestan province, Iran, 2022.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2025Article
- Tracking inflammation status for improving patient prognosis: A review of current methods, unmet clinical needs and opportunities.Biotechnology advances · 2025Review
- Understanding Hemodialysis-Associated Pericarditis: Causes, Symptoms, and Management Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Predictive Role of Systemic Inflammatory Indices in Surgically Managed Postpericardiotomy Syndrome Following Cardiac Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comment on: Early Post-operative ECG Changes as a Predictor of Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Article
- Rebuttal to "Comment on: Early Post-operative ECG Changes as a Predictor of Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair".Pediatric cardiology · 2025Article
- Incidence of secondary pericardial effusions associated with different etiologies: a comprehensive review of literature.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Review
- Pericardial Fluid Biomarkers as Early Predictors for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation-A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Emerging Role of Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Post Pericardiotomy Syndrome.Current cardiology reports · 2025Review
- Update for diagnosis and treatment of syndrome after cardiac injury: a mini-review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
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- Early Post-operative ECG Changes as a Predictor of Post-pericardiotomy Syndrome Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair.Pediatric cardiology · 2024Article
- Predictors of post-pericardiotomy syndrome after native valve-sparing aortic valve surgery.PloS one · 2024Article
- Post-cardiac Injury Syndrome in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient After an Open-Heart Operation: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
Postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a well-known complication after cardiac surgery. The syndrome results in prolonged hospital stay, readmissions, and invasive interventions. Previous studies have reported inconsistent results concerning the incidence and risk factors for PPS due to the differences in the applied diagnostic criteria, study designs, patient populations, and procedure types. In recent prospective studies the reported incidences have been between 21 and 29% in adult cardiac surgery patients. However, it has been stated that most of the included diagnoses in the aforementioned studies would be clinically irrelevant. This challenges the specificity and usability of the currently recommended diagnostic criteria for PPS. Moreover, recent evidence suggests that PPS requiring invasive intervention such as the evacuation of pleural and/or pericardial effusion is associated with increased mortality. In the present review, we summarise the existing literature concerning the incidence, clinical features, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, management, and prognosis of PPS. We also propose novel approaches regarding to the definition and diagnosis of PPS. Key messages: Current diagnostic criteria of PPS should be reconsidered, and the analyses should be divided into subgroups according to the severity of the syndrome to achieve more clinically applicable and meaningful results in the future studies. In contrast with the previous presumption, severe PPS - defined as PPS requiring invasive interventions - was recently found to be associated with higher all-cause mortality during the first two years after cardiac surgery. The association with an increased mortality supports the use of relatively aggressive prophylactic methods to prevent PPS. The risk factors clearly increasing the occurrence of PPS are younger age, pleural incision, and valve and ascending aortic procedures when compared to CABG.
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