Constrictive pericarditis associated with marlex mesh: Two case reports

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-64

  Chen, Robert F ^a,c   Cha, Po Lai ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Tzu Chi Medical College   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adhesions etiology prevention control; Cardiac surgical procedures adverse effects; Constrictive etiology surgery; Pericarditis; Pericardium transplantation; Reoperation; Surgical mesh adverse effects

Indexed keywords

MARLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; REOPERATION;

FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0035047903     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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