Constrictive pericarditis following open-heart surgery in a child

• Main Authors: Siddharthan Deepti (Author), Saurabh Kumar Gupta (Author), Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan (Author), Sachin Talwar (Author), Shyam Sunder Kothari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 6-year- old child developed constrictive pericarditis 2 years after undergoing an open-heart surgery for a congenital cardiac disorder. No other cause of pericarditis was identified. The clinical condition improved after pericardiectomy. The case is reported for its rarity.