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  • Title: Effusive--constrictive epicarditis that developed more than 5 years after ventricular septal defect closure: two cases relieved by epicardiectomy.
    Author: Okamoto N, Shiraishi H, Konishi H, Momoi MY.
    Journal: Pediatr Cardiol; 2005; 26(6):872-6. PubMed ID: 16206029.
    Abstract:
    We describe two children diagnosed with effusive-constrictive epicarditis that developed more than 5 years after ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure. Constrictive epicarditis is extremely rare in children and there are few reports of infants with effusive-constrictive epicarditis associated with congenital heart disease surgery. This is the first pediatric case report of effusive-constrictive epicarditis occurring after VSD closure that was relieved by epicardiectomy.
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