Congenital Pericardial Defect

Vascular

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-619

  Funken, J C ^a   D'acoz, Y D'udekem ^a   Noirhomme, P ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adult; coronary artery bypass; coronary aterosclerosis pathology; diagnosis differential; pericardium pathology; pericardium surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0036891031     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721090201000619     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Rheuban, K. S. Diseases of the pericardium. In Moss and Adams Heart Disease in Infants Children and Adolescents, Vol. 2, eds Emmananilides, G. C. Allen, H. D. Riemenschneider, T. A. and Gutgesemm, H. P. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1995, pp. 1539-1540.
2. Baker, W. P. Schlang, H. A. and Ballcnger, F. P. Congenital partial absence of the pericardium. American Journal of Cardiology, 1965, 16, 133-136.
3. Rowland, T. W. Twible, E. A. Norwood, W. I. et al. Partial absence of the left pericardium. American Journal of Diseases in Children, 1982, 136, 628-630.
4. Carty, J. E. Deverell, P. B. and Losowsky, M. S. Pericardial defect presenting as an acute pericarditis. British Heart Journal, 1975, 37, 98-100.
5. Robin, E. Ganguly, S. N. and Fowler, M. S. Strangulation of the left atrial appendage through a congenital partial defect. Chest, 1975, 67, 354-356.
6. Schiavone, W. A. and O'Donnell, J. K. Congenital absence of the left portion of parietal pericardium demonstrated by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. American Journal of Cardiology, 1985, 55 (11), 1439-1440.
7. Burrows, P. E. Smallhorn, J. F. Trusler, G. A. et al. Partial absence of the left parietal pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage: diagnosis by cross-sectional echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Pediatric Cardiology, 1987, 8, 205-208.
8. Rees, A. P. Risher, W. Mc Fadden, P. M. et al. Partial congenital defect of the left pericardium: Angiographic diagnosisand treatment by thoracoscpic pericardiectomy. Case report. Catheterisation and Cardiovascular Diagnostics, 1993, 28, 231-234.
9. Raman, S. V. Daniels, C. J. Katz, S. E. et al. Congenital absence of the pericardium. Circulation, 2001, 104 (12), 1447-1448.