Author/Authors :
Velibey, Yalçın Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Şahin, Sinan Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Radiology, Turkey , Altay, Servet Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Bakshaliyev, Nijat Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Tusun, Eyüp Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Ünal, Sennur Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Eren, Mehmet Siyami Ersek Training and Research Hospital - Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Delayed hemopericardium with constrictive pericarditis is an extremely rare complication of open heart surgery, chest trauma, or epicardial injury (1, 2). We present the case of a patient who underwent triple coronary artery bypass grafting that was complicated seven years later by the presence of calcific constrictive paricarditis. The patient was asymptomatic for seven years following bypass surgery before the symptoms of heart failure became apparent.
