We here report a successful midterm outcome following combined off-pump radical pericardiectomy and coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in a 65-year-old male patient who was suffering from chronic constrictive calcified tubercular pericarditis with coronary artery disease. Simultaneous off-pump CABG and radical pericardiectomy for nonsurgical constrictive pericarditis is reported very rarely in English literature.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5661323 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aca.ACA_102_17 | DOI Listing |
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