Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: 20 Years of Experience at the Montreal Heart Institute Nicola Vistarini, MD, Christina Chen, BEng, Amine Mazine, MD, Denis Bouchard, MD, Yves Hebert, MD, Michel Carrier, MD, Raymond Cartier, MD, Philippe Demers, MD, Michel Pellerin, MD, Louis P. Perrault, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 107-113 (July 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.054 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative evaluation of a patient with constrictive calcified pericarditis. (A) Chest roentgenogram. (B) Cardiac angiogram. (C) Chest computed tomographic scan. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 107-113DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.054) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curve for survival after pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in the entire cohort of patients (n = 99). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 107-113DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.054) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier curves for survival, comparing isolated pericardiectomy cases (n = 63) and pericardiectomy with associated procedures (n = 36). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 107-113DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.054) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Changes over time in the proportion of NYHA (New York Heart Association) functional classes. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 107-113DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.054) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions