A congenital absence of the pericardium diagnosed by echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nakashima, Dainari ^a   Nakaboh, Ayumi ^a   Shinozuka, Tomohiro ^a   Hasegawa, Koji ^a   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^a   Kojima, Shigeyuki ^a   Hamada, Hidefumi ^a  

^a NISSAY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital absence of the pericardium; Echocardiography in position changing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 34247594388     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.01.036     Document Type: Article

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