Pericardial agenesis: A rare cause of chest pain

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1016, 2010, Pages 380-381

  Hotouras, Alexandros ^a   Shahin, Yousef ^b  

^a DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM AGENESIS; QRS COMPLEX; RISK FACTOR; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUBSTERNAL PAIN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 77953706992     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.096164     Document Type: Article

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