What is pericardiectomy?
Pericardiectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the sac that surrounds the heart. The sac is called the pericardium. The surgery is used to treat diseases of this sac, like constrictive pericarditis. This surgery helps relieve pressure on the heart.
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