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A. Most patients who develop constrictive pericarditis after cardiac operation present with symptoms within 6 months of the procedure.
B. Results of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis are worse in patients who develop constriction after mediastinal irradiation.
C. Drainage of asymptomatic pericardial effusions arising from acute pericarditis is advised to prevent development of constrictive pericarditis.
D. If surgical treatment is planned for constrictive pericarditis it should involve total or complete pericardiectomy.
E. Echocardiography can usually make the diagnosis by imaging a thickened pericardium.
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