Pericardiectomy using an oscillating saw.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe the use of a microoscillating saw on the heart to remove calcific pericardium. This microoscillating saw proved indispensable to achieve a safe pericardiectomy in a 55-year-old woman with thick, severe idiopathic calcific constrictive pericarditis.
Medical subject headings
- Calcinosis
- Cardiomyopathies
- Pericardiectomy
- Pericarditis, Constrictive