Péricardite chronique constrictive chez l'enfant africain : à propos d'un cas

Demaria, Roland; Fortier, Simon; Racine, Norman; Dürrleman, Nicolas; Albat, Bernard; Frapier, Jean-Marc; Chaptal, P.A.

doi:10.1016/s0003-3928(01)00038-5

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“…[ 10 ] had also children among their patients. According to literature, CP affects mainly adults and seems rare in childhood and exceptional in infants [ 11 , 12 ], explained by the etiologies of CP which predominate in adults and which are uncommon in children. A male predominance is noted in our study and in the most of studies without obvious explanation [ 6 , 9 ].…”

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Constrictive pericarditis: 21 years´ experience and review of literature

Taamallah¹,

Nesrine²,

Hatem³

et al. 2021

Pan Afr Med J

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To the best of our knowledge there are no publications about Tunisian experience in constrictive pericarditis (CP); the aim of this study was therefore to review our twenty-one years’ experience in terms of clinical and surgical outcomes and risk factors of death after pericardiectomy. An analytic bicentric and retrospective study carried out on 25 patients (20 male) with CP underwent pericardiectomy, collected over a 21-years period. The mean age was 40.46±16.74 years [7.5-72]. The commonest comorbid factor was tabagism (52%). The most common etiology was tuberculosis (n = 11, 44%). Dyspnea was the most common functional symptom (n = 21, 84%). Pericardiectomy was performed in all our patients within 2.9±3.19 months after confirmation of diagnosis. It was subtotal in 96% of cases. The commonest postoperative complications are pleural effusion (20%). Dyspnea was regressed within 1.8 months in 80% of cases and clinical signs of right heart failure within a mean duration of 1.62 months in 53% of cases. Perioperative mortality was 12% (3 deaths), late mortality was 4% (1 patient). Cardiopulmonary bypass, New York Heart Association (NYHA) over class II and right ventricular dysfunction are the prognostic factors of mortality (p = 0.001, 0.046, 0.019). Tuberculosis as etiology of CP had no impact on mortality. CP is a rare disease, with non-specific clinical signs. Pericardiectomy is effective with a significant improvement of the functional status of patients and favorable outcome at short and long term nevertheless hospital mortality is not negligible and depends on many factors.

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