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What do you know about postcardiotomy syndrome ?

What do you know about postcardiotomy syndrome ?  It occurs in about 5% of patients who have cardiac surgery, with symptoms of pericarditis from three weeks to six months after surgery. It is initially treated with NSAIDs and systemic steroids in refractory cases.  Pericardiectomy is rarely required. It is said to result from an autoimmune response and is most likely to be related to surgical trauma and irritation of blood products in the mediastinum and pericardium.

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