Open AccessPericardial waffle for effusive‐constrictive pericarditis
Author(s) -
Kiamanesh Omid,
Luk Adriana,
Nesbitt Gillian C.,
Badiwala Mitesh,
Mak Susanna
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
esc heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.787
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 2055-5822
DOI - 10.1002/ehf2.12926
Subject(s) - medicine , pericardiectomy , constrictive pericarditis , cardiology , cardiac catheterization , heart failure , surgery
We present the case of a 55‐year‐old female marathon runner who presented with progressive exercise intolerance and was diagnosed with effusive‐constrictive pericarditis. Stereotypical findings of this challenging diagnosis are shown by transthoracic echocardiographic and right heart catheterization. We treated the patient with a parietal pericardiectomy and pericardial waffle procedure to relieve a thick and constrictive epicardium.