Congenital pericardial defect: Report of two cases and literature review

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Montaudon, Michel ^a,b   Roubertie, F ^b   Bire, F ^c   Laurent, F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL D'INSTRUCTION DES ARMÉES ROBERT PICQUÉ   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac herniation; Chest pain; Congenital heart disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pericardium; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL PERICARDIAL DEFECT; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34147107082     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0198-0     Document Type: Review

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