Unusual radiological findings after surgically treated constrictive pericarditis

The radiological findings in three patients who had had surgery for constrictive pericarditis are reported: 1. acute myocardial dilatation after pericardectomy for constrictive pericarditis, with good restitution of ventricular function; 2. abnormal ventricular appearances after pericardial resection during childhood; 3. diastolic prolapse of the cardiac apex after fenestration of the pericardium.