Postoperative Pericarditis After Cardiac Surgery in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac surgery is associated with postsurgical inflammatory conditions, including postoperative pericarditis, that confer morbidity and are understudied in the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for developing postoperative pericarditis in ACHD surgical operations.

Methods

Retrospective study of ACHD patients who underwent cardiac surgery between 2015 and 2023 at a major New York medical center. Pericarditis diagnosis required: 1) no prior history of pericarditis; 2) at least 2/4 criteria for acute pericarditis (chest pain, friction rub, nonlocalizing ST-segment elevations or PR depressions, new/worsening pericardial effusion); and 3) treatment of pericarditi

SUBMITTER: Khor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12506549 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature