A paradigmatic case of partial absence of the pericardium;Un caso paradigmatico di agenesia parziale del pericardio

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1187-1193

  Scapellato, Francesco ^a   Imparato, Alessandro ^a   Brunetto, Alessandro ^a   Temporelli, Pier Luigi ^a   Giannuzzi, Pantaleo ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0030253566     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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