Two cases of recurrent acute benign pericarditis are presented. Both were characterized by recurrent "pericardial type" pain after nearly total pericardiectomy, a previously unreported occurrence. A ...

Nearly one-half of heart failure (HF) patients have a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with rising prevalence in the United States of America and Western populations (1, 2). Common hemodynamic ...

Although its incidence is not high, some PCIS patients may experience prolonged chronic inflammation of the pericardium. Additionally, as a non-pharmacological treatment option, pericardiectomy may be ...

Correspondence to Dr Anton Sabashnikov, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany; a.sabashnikov{at}gmail.com The incidence of blunt chest trauma ...

The baseline characteristics of the 6,268 cardiac surgery patients are outlined in Table I. The mean age of the study patients was 66 ± 10 years. Overall, 141 (2.2%) patients underwent PPM ...