Congenital absence of the pericardium

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-39

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a,b   Cho, Young Seok ^a,b   Cho, Goo Yeong ^a,b   Choi, Sang Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absence of the pericardium; Complete defect; Partial defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PERICARDIUM AGENESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899137692     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2014.22.1.36     Document Type: Article

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