Constrictive epicarditis

Abstract

Constrictive pericarditis is relatively uncommon. Constrictive phenomenon involves in the majority of cases the two layers of the pericardium namely the parietal pericardium and the visceral one. Chronic epicarditis is a distinct and very scarce form where only the visceral pericardium is interested by the pathologic process. We present herein the case of a 25 years old patient admitted in our department for surgical treatment of a chronic visceral pericarditis. We discuss along some important clinical and therapeutic points related to this specific presentation with a special interest to the right ventricular dysfunction after pericardiectomy.