Introduction: Whether pericardial closure should be done or not is still a debated topic. While many studies favour pericardial closure after cardiac surgery, many are still not in favour of the same. Objective: Objective of this study was to analyse the changes induced by pericardial closure on the haemodynamic of the patient using easily measurable variables. Methods: Data of 30 patients were analysed of which 14 underwent mitral valve replacement, 10 underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and 6 underwent double valve replacement.
Results: There was statistically significant change in cardiac output (p<0.01), central venous pressure (p<0.05) and left ventricular end diastolic diameter (p<0.01) after pericardial closure. Clinically the pericardial closure was well tolerated. Conclusion: Despite exhaustive experience, the topic of closing pericardium is still debated. Our study shows…
