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Right Mid-Ventricular Constriction Due to Constrictive Pericarditis

Serdar Çimen, MD, Mehmet Kaplan, MD, Murat Demirta, MD, Onur Türek, MD, zzet Erdinler, MD^,1, Mehmet Eren, MD^,1, Kadir Gürkan, MD^,1, Tuna Tezel, MD^,1, Azmi Özler, MD

Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic 1 Cardiology Clinic Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center Istanbul, Turkey
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A 16-year-old girl with atrial arrhythmia underwent excision of thickened pericardium with localized annular calcification over the proximal right ventricle. Sinus rhythm was restored postoperatively. Constrictive pericarditis and localized cardiac compression should be considered in the differential diagnosis of arrhythmias in young patients.