Pericardial hematoma after cardiac surgery: An unexpected cause of constrictive pericarditis

Constricitive pericarditis (CP) is a form of severe diastolic dysfunction secondary to noncompliant, diseased pericardium. It is a rare complication in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery, with reported rates of 0.2–0.4% (1). It is still hard to identify the disease, because the right heart failure signs can be the sole presenting symptom. Besides, the timing of the presentation ranges from 1 month to 204 months following surgery (2). Here, we described a patient who has been diagnosed with CP 7 years following his cardiac surgery