TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Zahoor Ahmad AU - Shah, Shahkar AU - Khattak, Munilla Shabnam AU - Jan, Rosina PY - 2011/08/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Surgical Treatment Of Constrictive Pericarditis JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/411 SP - AB - A review of 20 cases of Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis is presented in this paper. They were operated upon in Cadiothoraeic Surgical Unit, PGMI , Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Age ranged from 14 years to 65 years, the mean age of 36.8 years. 14 were males and 6 females. Perioperative mortality was 10%. Most of them were due to in NYHA – class III & IV. All of them were due to tuberculosis. Post-operatively all of them were in NYHA – class II or I. ER -