Abstract
Post cardiac injury syndrome complicating acute myocardial infarction is well known but its progression to constrictive pericarditis is extremely rare. We report a case of 60 year old male who underwent a primary percutneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction. Subsequently he developed chronic constrictive pericarditis which improved dramatically after pericardiectomy.
Keywords: Chronic constrictive pericarditis, Myocardial rupture, pericardiectomy
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Corresponding Author
Subhasish Deb
Department of Cardiology, DR RML Hospital & PGIMER, New Delhi, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v10i12.03
