Isolated congenital absence of the pericardium: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1209-1215

  Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a   Munk, Marc David ^a   Merchant, Naeem ^a   Van Arsdell, Glen S ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^b   Webb, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034101337     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01552-0     Document Type: Article

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