Congenital absence of left pericardium;Ausência congénita do pericárdio esquerdo

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 801-810

  Victor, Ana Rita ^a   Osorio, Paulo ^a   Matos, Pedro ^a   De Oliveira, L Moura ^a   Carrageta, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Echocardiogram; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pericardium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DILATATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM AGENESIS; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 0042318561     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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