Small symptomatic pericardial diverticula treated by video-assisted thoracic surgical resection

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-125

  Akiba, Tadashi ^a   Marushima, Hideki ^a   Masubuchi, Masataka ^b   Kobayashi, Susumu ^a   Morikawa, Toshiaki ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Atsugi City Hospital   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pericardial cyst; Pericardial diverticulum; Symptomatic; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIVERTICULUM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69149109519     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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