Objective To investigate the perioperative management for chronic constrictive pericarditis.Methods 96 patients of chronic constrictive peircarditis were received pericardiectomy .
Another cause of pericarditis, called uremic pericarditis, is when blood levels of urea, a nitrogen waste product, get really high usually due to kidney problems.
People who develop pericarditis are also at risk of developing a pericardial effusion - that's when the inflammation causes fluid to accumulate around the heart.
Pericarditis can also be seen in autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, or systemic lupus erythematosus, because the immune system attacks its own tissues, including the pericardium.
When the pericardium is involved, it often leads to pericarditis —inflammation of the pericardium— and pericardial effusion, an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity.
In chronic pericarditis, immune cells start to recruit fibroblasts which create lots of fibrin - a protein that makes the serous pericardium stiffer - a bit more like the fibrous pericardium.