PMID: 8440001Mar 1, 1993Paper

Partial congenital defect of the left pericardium: angiographic diagnosis and treatment by thoracoscopic pericardiectomy: case report

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
A P ReesC J White

Abstract

Congenital defects of the pericardium are extremely rare and frequently difficult to diagnose. We present a diagnosis of partial congenital defect of the left pericardium based on a characteristic chest X-ray and left ventriculogram. Additionally, we report findings of a diastolic, migratory coronary stenosis on coronary arteriography which, to date, has not been reported. Confirmation of the diagnosis by mediastinoscopy was followed by thoracoscopic pericardiectomy.

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Nov 28, 2002·Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Journal of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery·J C FunkenP Noirhomme
Nov 1, 1994·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis·M B SeligE Sipes

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