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ArticleKardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery2021

Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in a resource constraint setting.

Isaac Okyere, Perditer Okyere, Emmanuel Ameyaw, Samuel Gyasi Brenu, Martin Tamatey, Francis Agyemang Yeboah

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Article in Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Isaac OkyereDepartment of Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science, Kumasi, Ghana.
Perditer OkyereDepartment of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science, Kumasi, Ghana.
Emmanuel AmeyawDepartment of Child Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Samuel Gyasi BrenuDirectorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Martin TamateyDepartment of Surgery, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
Francis Agyemang YeboahDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital · GHUniversity of Health and Allied Sciences · GH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionConstrictive pericarditis is the endpoint of the natural history of acute pericarditis of different aetiologies where a chronic inflammatory process results in a thickened, fibrotic and inelastic pericardium with consequent impairment of diastolic function and systemic congestion.

aimTo evaluate the clinical features, diagnosis, surgical management and outcome of patients with constrictive pericarditis as managed in a local setting of a tertiary hospital in Ghana. MATERIAL AND

methodsA retrospective review of the medical records of patients who had undergone pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis at a teaching hospital.

resultsTen patients underwent pericardiectomy for the period of study. There were 8 (80%) males and 2 (20%) females. The mean age was 20.4 ±17.2 years. Six of the patients 6 (60%) were in NYHA class III. Preoperative diagnostics included chest X-ray, echocardiography, and computed tomography scan. The surgical approach for the pericardiectomy was median sternotomy. The mean operative time was 159.9 ±43.0 min. The mean postoperative days spent before being discharged was 6.9 ±2.3 days. Nine (90%) of the patients were in NYHA class I after a mean follow-up of 19.3 ±16.7 months. One patient died 6 weeks after surgery with heart failure and one patient was lost to follow-up.

conclusionsSurgical pericardiectomy via median sternotomy is still the standard modality of treatment for constrictive pericarditis with excellent results even in resource constraint settings.

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constrictive pericarditismedian sternotomypericardiectomytuberculosis

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