Farhat Fadi, Dubreuil Olivier, Durand Pierre-Georges, Jegaden Olivier
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery B, Unité 31, Professor Jegaden, Louis Pradel Hospital, 28, avenue du doyen Lepine, BP Lyon-Monchat, 69394 Lyon, France.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2003 Dec;2(4):626-8. doi: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00183-X.
We report the case of a 58-year-old man who presented 3 weeks after a purulent pericarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus with a constrictive pericarditis confirmed by computed tomography-scan and haemodynamic findings. Pericardiectomy and epicardiectomy were performed with an excellent immediate and mid-term result. Constrictive pericarditis due to S. aureus is rare and pericardiectomy is associated with a high mortality risk.