We present the case of a patient with chronic constrictive pericarditis and significant mitral regurgitation who successfully underwent combined pericardiectomy and mitral valve replacement. The need for early surgical correction is stressed. Prolonged ventilatory and inotropic support was required in the postoperative period.
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