Congenital absence of the left pericardium with extreme intrathoracic displacement of the heart. Case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Gersbach P, Althaus U, Kaufmann U |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Heart Defects Congenital Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease business.industry Coronary surgery General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Diagnosis Differential medicine.anatomical_structure Agenesis medicine Pericardium Humans Displacement (orthopedic surgery) Congenital disease Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Pericardial disease Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 10(6) |
| ISSN: | 1010-7940 |
| Popis: | Large pericardial defects are exceptional and difficult to diagnose. A 62-year-old man underwent elective coronary surgery which was seriously complicated by the unexpected intrapleural position of the heart due to the absence of a large amount of pericardium on the left. It appeared retrospectively that the patient had presented typical signs of the malformation and these are described in detail. |
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