Constrictive pericarditis caused by pericardial substitution using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.

Kimihiro KobayashiMasahiro MizumotoYoshinori KurodaAi IshizawaDaisuke WatanabeShingo NakaiShusuke AraiTetsuro Uchida

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)

Considering the risk of constrictive pericarditis, we believe that the use of ePTFE membranes as a pericardial substitute should be carefully indicated for only selected patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported