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Pericardial Constriction After Lung Transplantation

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Pericardial constriction is extremely rare after lung transplantation. We present a case and review the potential contributing factors for pericardial constriction after lung transplantation. Treatment for this condition, irrespective of the cause, remains pericardiectomy.

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Symptoms of dyspnea after lung transplantation are extremely worrisome for rejection, infectious complications, venous thromboembolic disease, pleural effusions, or pericardial effusion and constriction. The overall incidence of pericardial constriction has been reported to be 0.1%, but among lung transplant recipients, it is extremely rare. The only case of constrictive pericarditis after lung transplantation was reported in a patient with lymphangioleiomyomatosis [2]. The patient underwent

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