Post‐cardiac injury syndrome after surgical repair of atrial septal defect: Reporting a rare occurrence

A 16‐year‐old male with past medical history of congenital atrial septal defect surgical repair, presented with recurrent pericarditis secondary to post‐cardiotomy injury syndrome (PCIS), After failing medical therapy, he ultimately underwent pericardiectomy for symptom resolution, PCIS is underdiag...

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Published inEchocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 40; no. 8; pp. 879 - 883
Main Authors Verma, Beni R., Kumar, Ashwin, Furqan, Muhammad, Yesilyaprak, Abdullah, Agrawal, Ankit, Mahalwar, Gauranaga, Majid, Muhammad, Singh, Harjit, Xu, Bo, Klein, Allan L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.2023
Subjects
Adolescent
atrial septal defect
Child
Heart Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Heart Injuries - etiology
Heart Injuries - surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - complications
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery
Humans
Male
multimodality imaging
Pericardiectomy
Pericarditis - complications
Pericarditis, Constrictive - diagnosis
post‐cardiac injury syndrome
recurrent pericarditis
Syndrome
multimodality imaging
pericardiectomy
recurrent pericarditis
post-cardiac injury syndrome
atrial septal defect
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Summary:A 16‐year‐old male with past medical history of congenital atrial septal defect surgical repair, presented with recurrent pericarditis secondary to post‐cardiotomy injury syndrome (PCIS), After failing medical therapy, he ultimately underwent pericardiectomy for symptom resolution, PCIS is underdiagnosed in children and should be considered in patients with recurrent chest, pain.
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ISSN:0742-2822
1540-8175
DOI:10.1111/echo.15641