Congenital Absence of Anterior Pericardium at Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-89

  Messner, Gregory N ^a,b   Prendergast, Peter ^a   Wadia, Yasmin ^a   Chu, Thomas ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomegaly; Heart assist devices; Heart defects, congenital; Heart failure, congestive; Pericardium abnormalities; Ventricular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE ANTERIOR PERICARDIUM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; STERNOTOMY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1642285251     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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