Pericardiectomy for Successful Treatment of Constrictive Pericarditis in a Pediatric Patient

Rachel Moss; Amr Mohamed Ali; Joseph Mahgerefteh; Laurie E Panesar; Peter Pastuszko; Raghav Murthy; Shubhi Kaushik

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102009

Pericardiectomy for Successful Treatment of Constrictive Pericarditis in a Pediatric Patient

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Oct 4:23:102009. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102009.

Authors

Rachel Moss¹, Amr Mohamed Ali¹, Joseph Mahgerefteh¹, Laurie E Panesar², Peter Pastuszko¹, Raghav Murthy¹, Shubhi Kaushik¹

Affiliations

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
² Stony Brook Children's Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

Abstract

A 15-year-old girl with history of asthma and obesity presented with recurrent anasarca without systolic heart failure or significant renal disease. She was diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis and successfully underwent pericardiectomy with pericardial stripping and a waffle procedure. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: constrictive pericarditis; pericardiectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports