Constrictive pericarditis associated with atypical antipsychotics.

Kuan-Chin Jean Chen Aashish Goela Patrick Teefy L Ray Guo

Case Rep Cardiol

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario and Lawson Health Research Institute, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada N6A 5A5 ; Department of Surgery and University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON, Canada N6A 5A5.

Published: May 2014

We report the successful surgical intervention in a case of constrictive pericarditis after long-term use of atypical antipsychotics. Pericarditis developed in our patient with a longstanding history of schizophrenia treated with atypical antipsychotics. Pericardiectomy was undertaken, and the patient's presenting symptom of shortness of breath resolved subsequently with an uneventful postoperative course.

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