TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2018-3-112
TI - Calcified constrictive pericarditis treated with ultrasonic devices
AU - Chan J , Park
AU - Kosuke , Ujihira
AU - Satoru , Osaki
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2018
DA - Wed 14, Nov 2018
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2018.03.012
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/calcified-constrictive-pericarditis-treated-with-ultrasonic-devices_SCR-3-112 
KW - Constrictive, pericarditis, calcification, heart, failure, ultrasonic surgery
AB - A 52-year-old male patient was diagnosed as constrictive pericarditis with severe diastolic
dysfunction, which was characterized by broadly calcified pericardium on fragile parts of the heart:
the right atrium, both coronary vessels as well as the right and left ventricles. We successfully
conducted a total pericardiectomy with an ultrasonic aspirator to break the calcified pericardium into
smaller parts and an ultrasound scalpel to peel off the debris.