A congenital defect of the pericardium

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 401-404

  Skalski, Janusz ^a,c   Wites, M ^a   Haponiuk, I ^b   Przybylski, R ^a   Grzybowski, A ^a   Zembala, M ^a   Religa, Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Fundacja Rozwoju Kardiochirurgii Zabrze   (Poland)

^c Wojewodzki Osrodek Kardiologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

Malposition of the heart; Pediatric cardiac surgery; Pericardial defect; Surgical exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033393569     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013186     Document Type: Review

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