Does echocardiography play a role in the clinical diagnosis of congenital absence of pericardium? A case presentation and a systematic review

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Centola, Marco ^a   Longo, Marcella ^a   De Marco, Federico ^b   Cremonesi, Giovanna ^a   Marconi, Maurizio ^a   Danzi, Gian B ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac defect; Congenital absence of pericardium; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MURMUR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD DONORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68249146090     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832b3d4a     Document Type: Review

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