Post-cardiac injury syndrome

Maria Jaworska-Wilczyńska; Mariusz Kuśmierczyk; Elżbieta Abramczuk; Tomasz Hryniewiecki

doi:10.5114/kitp.2013.34299

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ISSN: 1731-5530

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Post-cardiac injury syndrome

Maria Jaworska-Wilczyńska

,

Mariusz Kuśmierczyk

,

Elżbieta Abramczuk

,

Tomasz Hryniewiecki

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2013; 10 (1): 20–26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2013.34299

Online publish date: 2013/04/05

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Post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS), also known as post-pericardiotomy syndrome, post-myocardial infarction syndrome, or post-commissurotomy syndrome, is a common complication after cardiac surgery, affecting approximately 40% of patients. PCIS occurs several days to several months after the surgical procedure. The syndrome manifests itself as exudative pericardial or pleural effusion with low-grade temperature and elevated inflammatory parameters. It is generally a self-limiting disease with a favorable prognosis, but it can have a relapsing course and be accompanied by life-threatening complications including cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis.

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Post-cardiac injury syndrome

Maria Jaworska-Wilczyńska , Mariusz Kuśmierczyk , Elżbieta Abramczuk , Tomasz Hryniewiecki

post-cardiac injury syndrome, pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, pleuritis

Maria Jaworska-Wilczyńska

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Mariusz Kuśmierczyk

,

Elżbieta Abramczuk

,

Tomasz Hryniewiecki