A case of partial congenital absence of pericardium revealed by MRI

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 632-634

  Chassaing, Stephan ^a   Bensouda, Christophe ^a   Bar, Olivier ^a   Barbey, Christophe ^a   Blanchard, Didier ^a  

^a Clinique Saint Gatien   (France)

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Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE PERICARDIUM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957345184     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.892794     Document Type: Article

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