Quiz

  Your answer (C) is not the one that we were looking for! (A) is correct!

Steroids have not been shown to play a beneficial role in the treatment of constrictive pericarditis.
The other answers are true, i.e,

• A. Complete pericardiectoy carries a perioperative mortality of around 5-10%
• Complete pericardiectomy results in clinical improvement in 90% of patients
• Patients with minimal symptoms can be managed with fluid and salt restriction
• Mildly symptomatic patients can be treated with careful use of diuretics