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Methods: In this single-center retrospective cohort study, 137 consecutive patients with CP undergoing radical pericardiectomy between April 2018 and December 2023 were allocated to a primary pericardiectomy cohort (PPC, n = 86) or a redo pericardiectomy cohort (RPC, n = 51). The primary endpoint was all-cause death; secondary endpoints included low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), unplanned reoperation, acute kidney injury (AKI), atrial fibrillation, and postoperative New York Heart Association class. Survival was analyzed with Kaplan\u2013Meier curves and log-rank tests, prognostic factors with Firth-penalized Cox regression (with baseline adjustment and multiple imputation), and the origin of the survival difference was explored via a sensitivity analysis excluding operative deaths. Results: The RPC had more preoperative atrial fibrillation (64.7% vs. 36.0%, p = 0.002) and a larger left atrial diameter (54.8 vs. 47.0 mm, p &lt; 0.001) than the PPC. Operative mortality was higher in the RPC (15.7% vs. 2.3%; relative risk 6.745, p = 0.006), as was LCOS (13.7% vs. 3.5%, p = 0.026). Seventeen patients died (6 PPC, 11 RPC) over a median follow-up of 3.6 years; cumulative overall survival was lower in the RPC (log-rank p = 0.013; 3-year survival 78.4% vs. 94.2%). Postoperative LCOS was the strongest independent predictor of death (hazard ratio [HR] 22.526, p &lt; 0.001); redo pericardiectomy (HR 3.031; 95% CI 1.034\u20139.679; p = 0.043) and AKI stage (HR 1.848; 95% CI 1.107\u20133.088; p = 0.020) were independently associated with death; postoperative albumin showed a borderline protective association (HR 0.913, p = 0.048). Among perioperative survivors, no statistically significant difference in long-term survival was detected (HR 1.275; 95% CI 0.279\u20135.819; p = 0.753). Conclusions: Redo pericardiectomy was associated with substantially higher perioperative mortality; among perioperative survivors, long-term survival did not differ detectably between cohorts, although estimates were imprecise. Because the excess risk was accompanied by potentially modifiable perioperative events, intensified risk assessment and meticulous perioperative management warrant evaluation as approaches to improving outcomes in this high-risk population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15187223","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T09:59:03Z","timestamp":1789639143000},"page":"7223","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perioperative and Mid-Term Outcomes of Primary Versus Redo Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9460-6819","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Da","family":"Gong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100035, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"visualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"software","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"formal-analysis","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-original-draft","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Can","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing 102200, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing 102200, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Jianping","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University People\u2019s Hospital, Beijing 100032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Jin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100035, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"funding-acquisition","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"resources","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Guangyu","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiac Surgery, Peking University People\u2019s Hospital, Beijing 100032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"supervision","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"funding-acquisition","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"project-administration","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2691","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2025.05.023","article-title":"2025 Concise Clinical Guidance: An ACC Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Pericarditis: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee","volume":"86","author":"Wang","year":"2025","journal-title":"J. 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