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Implantable epicardial cardioverter–defibrillator-induced localized constrictive pericarditis
- Source :
- Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 26:158-160
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017.
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Abstract
- In the 1990s, epicardial implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patches were frequently implanted to treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia. However, owing to the high rates of functional failure, the patch system has been replaced by transvenous ICD leads system. Although morphological abnormalities such as dense fibrosis around the patch are quite frequent, epicardial ICD patch-induced localized constrictive pericarditis is very rare. We encountered a patient who had severe heart failure due to constrictive pericarditis, 23 years after the implantation of epicardial ICD patches. The heart failure was treated after complete resection of the patches and dense fibrosis on the surface of both the right and the left ventricles. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the treatment of epicardial ICD patch-induced localized constrictive pericarditis.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Constrictive pericarditis
medicine.medical_specialty
Defibrillation
medicine.medical_treatment
Functional failure
Complete resection
Cardioverter-Defibrillator
Fibrosis
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Pericardium
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Device Removal
business.industry
Pericarditis, Constrictive
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Defibrillators, Implantable
medicine.anatomical_structure
Heart failure
Cardiology
Surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15699285 and 15699293
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....30fba3a347a97349b1d4bf30af15e850