Congenital complete absence of the pericardium: A multimodality imaging diagnostic approach

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mantovani, Francesca ^a   Barbieri, Andrea ^a   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

congenital complete absence of the pericardium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE ABSENCE OF THE PERICARDIUM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 79251530532     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01295.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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